List of manned missions to the Salyut 6 space station

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This is the list of manned missions to the Salyut 6 space station .

Salyut 6 was launched on September 29, 1977 and was the first refuelable space station. Therefore it had a longer useful life and stayed in space for almost 5 years until it burned up on July 29, 1982. A total of 16 teams visited Salyut 6. In total, the station was manned for 685 days.

In the following table, “K” stands for the commander, “BI” for the flight engineer. EO ( Russian ЭО, Экспедиция Основная ) means regular team, EP ( Russian ЭП, Экспедиция Посещения ) means visiting team.

date Spaceship crew
October 9, 1977 Soyuz 25
docking maneuver failed
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Kovaljonok (K) Valeri Ryumin (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
October 11, 1977
Vacant
December 10, 1977 Soyuz 26 Salyut 6 EO-1 Juri Romanenko (K) Georgi Gretschko (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
January 10, 1978 Soyuz 27 Salyut 6 EP-1 Vladimir Dschanibekow (K) Oleg Makarow (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
January 16, 1978
March 2, 1978 Soyuz 28 Salyut 6 EP-2 Alexei Gubarew (K) Vladimír Remek (BI) - ČSSR
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
March 10, 1978
March 16, 1978
Vacant
June 15, 1978 Soyuz 29 Salyut 6 EO-2 Vladimir Kowaljonok (K) Alexander Ivanchenkov (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
June 27, 1978 Soyuz 30 Saljut 6 EP-3 Pjotr ​​Klimuk (K) Mirosław Hermaszewski (BI) - Poland
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
PolandPoland 
5th July 1978
August 26, 1978 Soyuz 31 Saljut 6 EP-4 Valeri Bykowski (K) Sigmund Jähn (BI) - GDR
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
3rd September 1978
November 2nd 1978
Vacant
February 25, 1979 Soyuz 32
capsule ended up empty
Salyut 6 EO-3 Vladimir Lyachow (K) Valeri Ryumin (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
April 10, 1979 Soyuz 33
docking maneuver failed
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Rukawischnikow (K) Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut) (BI) - Bulgaria
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria 
April 12, 1979
June 6, 1979 Soyuz 34
spaceship launched empty
June 13, 1979
19th August 1979
Vacant
April 9, 1980 Soyuz 35 Salyut 6 EO-4 Leonid Popov (K) Valeri Ryumin (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
May 26, 1980 Soyuz 36 Salyut 6 EP-5

Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Valery Kubasov (K) Bertalan Farkas (BI) - Hungary
Hungary 1957Hungary 

3rd June 1980
5th June 1980 Soyuz T-2 Salyut 6 EP-6 Yuri Malyshev (K) Vladimir Axjonow (BI)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
June 9, 1980
July 23, 1980 Soyuz 37 Salyut 6 EP-7 Wiktor Gorbatko (K) Phạm Tuân (BI) - Vietnam
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
VietnamVietnam 
July 31, 1980
September 18, 1980 Soyuz 38 Salyut 6 EP-8 Juri Romanenko (K) Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (BI) - Cuba
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
CubaCuba 
September 26, 1980
October 11, 1980
Vacant
November 27, 1980 Soyuz T-3 Salyut 6 EO-5 Leonid Kisim (K) Oleg Makarow (BI) Gennady Strekalow (BI)
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
December 10, 1980
Vacant
March 12, 1981 Soyuz T-4 Salyut 6 EO-6 Vladimir Kovaljonok (K) Viktor Savinych (BI)
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
March 22, 1981 Soyuz 39 Salyut 6 EP-9 Vladimir Dschanibekow (K) Jugderdemidiin Gurragtschaa (BI) - Mongolia
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic 
March 30, 1981
May 14, 1981 Soyuz 40 Salyut 6 EP-10

Soviet UnionSoviet Union Leonid Popow (K) Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (BI) - Romania
Romania 1965Romania 

May 22, 1981
May 26, 1981