Resident Crews of Salyut 7

Salyut 7
Expedition 3

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.:	1	2	3
Nation:
Surname:	Kizim	Soloviyov	Atkov
Given names:	Leonid Denisovich	Vladimir Alekseyevich	Oleg Yuriyevich
Position:	Commander	Flight Engineer	Research Cosmonaut
Spacecraft (Launch):	Soyuz T-10	Soyuz T-10	Soyuz T-10
Launch date:	08.02.1984	08.02.1984	08.02.1984
Launchtime:	12:07 UTC	12:07 UTC	12:07 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing):	Soyuz T-11	Soyuz T-11	Soyuz T-11
Landingdate:	02.10.1984	02.10.1984	02.10.1984
Landingtime:	10:56 UTC	10:56 UTC	10:56 UTC
Mission duration:	236d 22h 49m	236d 22h 49m	236d 22h 49m
Orbits:	3748	3748	3748

Backup Crew

No.:	1	2	3
Nation:
Surname:	Vasyutin	Savinykh	Polyakov
Given names:	Vladimir Vladimirovich	Viktor Petrovich	Valeri Vladimirovich
Position:	Commander	Flight Engineer	Research Cosmonaut

Expedition Report

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz T-11 capsule 46 km east of Arkalyk.

Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with Salyut 7 on 09.02.1984. The cosmonauts became the third resident crew of the station. The crew entered the darkened Salyut 7 station carrying flashlights. The cosmonauts commented on the burnt metal odor of the drogue docking unit, but the station became fully activated.

Several medical experiments under the lead of Oleg Atkov were done. The resident crew became visits of the spacecrafts Soyuz T-11 on 04.04.1984 and Soyuz T-12 on 18.07.1984. Also five supply missions with cargo spaceships Progress 19 - 23 arrived at the station. Kizim and Soloviyov conducted six EVAs to repair fuel lines using a spezial ladder and install a solar array on 23.04.1984 (4h 15m), 26.04.1984 (4h 56m), 29.04.1984 (2h 45m), 03.05.1984 (2h 45m), 18.05.1984 (3h 05m) and 08.08.1984 (5h 00m).

A new spaceflight record was set.