Suborbital Spaceflights

Soyuz 18A

USSR

Launch and landing data

Launch date:  05.04.1975
Launch time:  11:04 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  192 km
Landing site:  50° 50' N, 83° 25 E
Crew Soyuz 18A

Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job Duration
1 USSR  Lazarev  Vasili Grigoriyevich  Commander 21m 27sec 
2 USSR  Makarov  Oleg Grigoriyevich  Flight Engineer 21m 27sec 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Lazarev
2  Makarov
Soyuz spaceship
Landing
1  Lazarev
2  Makarov

Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Klimuk  Pyotr Iliyich  Commander
2 USSR  Sevastiyanov  Vitali Ivanovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 18A (double)

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; it was planned to reach the space station Salyut 4; third stage of the Soyuz rocket failed and the crew was forced to make an emergency landing southwest of Gorno-Altayska (50° 50' N, 83° 25 E).

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