Salyut 7
Expedition 1

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.