Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing
with
Soyuz T-7
capsule 70 km northeast of Arkalyk.
Following a one day solo flight the
Soyuz docked with the new space station Salyut 7 on 14.05.1982 and became the
first resident crew. There was the ejection of a small radioamateur satellite.
The Soviets called this the first launch of a communications satellite from a
manned space vehicle. Supplies with cargo spacecrafts Progress 13 - 16 arrived
at the station. The resident crew received visits of the spacecrafts
Soyuz T-6 on
25.06.1982 and
Soyuz
T-7 on 20.08.1982.
An
EVA by both
cosmonauts was performed on 30.07.1982 (2h 33m). Tasks of this
EVA were
installing a movie camera and a floodlight, replacing samples on the Etalon
space exposure experiment and working with the Istok panel, which tested the
ability to turn bolts using a special wrench, among others. Medical experiments
to find reasons of space sickness.
The crew set a new spaceflight
record.