List of manned missions to the Salyut 6 space station
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.
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October 9, 1977 |
Soyuz 25 docking maneuver failed |
Vladimir Kovaljonok (K) Valeri Ryumin (BI)
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October 11, 1977 | ||||
Vacant | ||||
December 10, 1977 | Soyuz 26 |
Salyut 6 EO-1 Juri Romanenko (K) Georgi Gretschko (BI)
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January 10, 1978 | Soyuz 27 |
Salyut 6 EP-1 Vladimir Dschanibekow (K) Oleg Makarow (BI)
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January 16, 1978 | ||||
March 2, 1978 | Soyuz 28 |
Salyut 6 EP-2 Alexei Gubarew (K) Vladimír Remek (BI) - ČSSR |
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March 10, 1978 | ||||
March 16, 1978 | ||||
Vacant | ||||
June 15, 1978 | Soyuz 29 |
Salyut 6 EO-2 Vladimir Kowaljonok (K) Alexander Ivanchenkov (BI)
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June 27, 1978 | Soyuz 30 |
Saljut 6 EP-3 Pjotr Klimuk (K) Mirosław Hermaszewski (BI) - Poland |
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5th July 1978 | ||||
August 26, 1978 | Soyuz 31 |
Saljut 6 EP-4 Valeri Bykowski (K) Sigmund Jähn (BI) - GDR |
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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)
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April 10, 1979 |
Soyuz 33 docking maneuver failed |
Nikolai Rukawischnikow (K) Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut) (BI) - Bulgaria |
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April 12, 1979 | ||||
June 6, 1979 |
Soyuz 34 spaceship launched empty |
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June 13, 1979 | ||||
19th August 1979 | ||||
Vacant | ||||
April 9, 1980 | Soyuz 35 |
Salyut 6 EO-4 Leonid Popov (K) Valeri Ryumin (BI)
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May 26, 1980 | Soyuz 36 |
Salyut 6 EP-5 Valery Kubasov (K) Bertalan Farkas (BI) - Hungary |
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3rd June 1980 | ||||
5th June 1980 | Soyuz T-2 |
Salyut 6 EP-6 Yuri Malyshev (K) Vladimir Axjonow (BI)
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June 9, 1980 | ||||
July 23, 1980 | Soyuz 37 |
Salyut 6 EP-7 Wiktor Gorbatko (K) Phạm Tuân (BI) - Vietnam |
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July 31, 1980 | ||||
September 18, 1980 | Soyuz 38 |
Salyut 6 EP-8 Juri Romanenko (K) Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (BI) - Cuba |
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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)
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December 10, 1980 | ||||
Vacant | ||||
March 12, 1981 | Soyuz T-4 |
Salyut 6 EO-6 Vladimir Kovaljonok (K) Viktor Savinych (BI)
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March 22, 1981 | Soyuz 39 |
Salyut 6 EP-9 Vladimir Dschanibekow (K) Jugderdemidiin Gurragtschaa (BI) - Mongolia |
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March 30, 1981 | ||||
May 14, 1981 | Soyuz 40 |
Salyut 6 EP-10
Leonid Popow (K) Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (BI) - Romania |
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May 22, 1981 | ||||
May 26, 1981 |