Resident Crews of Salyut 6

Salyut 6
Expedition 5

Salyut 6 patch
Crew Soyuz T-4

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2
Nation: USSR USSR
Surname:  Kovalyonok  Savinykh
Given names:  Vladimir Vasiliyevich  Viktor Petrovich
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz T-4  Soyuz T-4
Launch date:  12.03.1981  12.03.1981
Launchtime:  19:00 UTC  19:00 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz T-4  Soyuz T-4
Landingdate:  26.05.1981  26.05.1981
Landingtime:  12:37 UTC  12:37 UTC
Mission duration:  74d 17h 37m  74d 17h 37m
Orbits:  1178  1178

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2
Nation: USSR USSR
Surname:  Zudov  Andreyev
Given names:  Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich  Boris Dmitriyevich
Position:  Commander  Flight Engineer

Crew Soyuz T-4 (backup)

Expedition Report

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 125 km east of Dzheskasgan.

Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with Salyut 6 on 13.03.1981. The cosmonauts became the fifth and final resident crew of the Salyut 6 space station.

Visiting crews were: Interkosmos missions Soyuz 39 on 23.03.1981 and Soyuz 40 on 15.05.1981, resulting in common science research onboard the station. One of the first mission objectives of this crew was, to unload the earlier launched Progress 12 spacecraft. Meteorological studies from the Bermuda triangle were conducted too.

Photos / Drawings

Salyut 6 Salyut 6
Soyuz T-4 launch Soyuz 40 onboard Salyut 6
Soyuz T-4 onboard Salyut 6 Soyuz T-4 onboard Salyut 6
Salyut 6 Soyuz T-4 landing
Soyuz T-4 recovery  

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