Soyuz T-7

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	19.08.1982
Launch time:	17:11 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	202 - 235 km
Inclination:	51,6
Docking Salyut 7:	20.08.1982, 18:32 UTC
Undocking Salyut 7:	10.12.1982, 15:45 UTC
Landing date:	27.08.1982
Landing time:	15:04 UTC
Landing site:	190 km E of Dzheskasgan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Popov	Leonid Ivanovich	Commander	3	7d 21h 52m	126
2	Serebrov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich	Flight Engineer	1	7d 21h 52m	126
3	Savitskaya	Svetlana Yevgeniyevna	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 21h 52m	126

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Popov
2	Serebrov
3	Savitskaya

Landing
1	Berezovoy
2	Lededev
3

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Double Crew

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

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz T-5 spacecraft 190 km east of Dzheskasgan.

Following a one day solo flight Soyuz T-7 docked with the Salyut 7 space station on August 20, 1982. During the next five days the crew performed common work with the first resident crew. The crew delivered experiments and mail to the station. The crew also conducted scientific and technical research and experiments, especially in the field of microgravity. Svetlana Savitskaya became the second woman in space.