Soyuz T-10

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	08.02.1984
Launch time:	12:07 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	31
Altitude:	226 - 274 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking Salyut 7:	09.02.1984, 14:43 UTC
Undocking Salyut 7:	11.04.1984, 07:33 UTC
Landing date:	02.10.1984
Landing time:	10:56 UTC
Landing site:	46 km E of Arkalyk

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kizim	Leonid Denisovich	Commander	2	236d 22h 49m	3748
2	Soloviyov	Vladimir Alekseyevich	Flight Engineer	1	236d 22h 49m	3748
3	Atkov	Oleg Yuriyevich	Research Cosmonaut	1	236d 22h 49m	3748

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kizim
2	Soloviyov
3	Atkov

Landing
1	Malyshev
2	Strekalov
3	Sharma

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Vasyutin	Vladimir Vladimirovich	Commander
2	Savinykh	Viktor Petrovich	Flight Engineer
3	Polyakov	Valeri Vladimirovich	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz T-11 capsule 46 km east of Arkalyk.

Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with Salyut 7 on 09.02.1984. The cosmonauts became the third resident crew of the station. The crew entered the darkened Salyut 7 station carrying flashlights. The cosmonauts commented on the burnt-metal odor of the drogue docking unit, but the station became fully activated.

Several medical experiments under the lead of Oleg Atkov. The resident crew became visits of the spacecrafts Soyuz T-11 on 03.04.1984 and Soyuz T-12 on 17.07.1984. Also five supply missions with cargo spaceships Progress 19 - 23 arrived at the station. Kizim and Soloviyov conducted six EVAs to repair fuel lines using a spezial ladder and install a solar array on 23.04.1984 (4h 15m), 26.04.1984 (4h 56m), 29.04.1984 (2h 45m), 03.05.1984 (2h 45m), 18.05.1984 (3h 05m) and 08.08.1984 (5h 00m).

A new spaceflight record was set.