Resident Crews of Salyut 6
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Crew, launch- and landing data
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Kovalyonok | Savinykh |
| Given names: | Vladimir Vasiliyevich | Viktor Petrovich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz T-4 | Soyuz T-4 |
| Launch date: | 12.03.1981 | 12.03.1981 |
| Launchtime: | 19:00 UT | 19:00 UT |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz T-4 | Soyuz T-4 |
| Landingdate: | 26.05.1981 | 26.05.1981 |
| Landingtime: | 12:37 UT | 12:37 UT |
| Mission duration: | 74d 17h 37m | 74d 17h 37m |
| Orbits: | 1178 | 1178 |
Backup Crew
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Zudov | Andreyev |
| Given names: | Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich | Boris Dmitriyevich |
| Job: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
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Expedition Report
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Launch from Baikonur; 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: 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. |
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Last update on May 30, 2010.  |
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