Resident Crews of Salyut 7
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Crew, launch- and landing data
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Kizim | Soloviyov |
| Given names: | Leonid Denisovich | Vladimir Alekseyevich |
| Position: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
| Spacecraft (Launch): | Soyuz T-15 | Soyuz T-15 |
| Launch date: | 13.03.1986 | 13.03.1986 |
| Launchtime: | 12:33 UTC | 12:33 UTC |
| Spacecraft (Landing): | Soyuz T-15 | Soyuz T-15 |
| Landingdate: | 16.07.1986 | 16.07.1986 |
| Landingtime: | 12:34 UTC | 12:34 UTC |
| Mission duration: | 125d 00h 00m | 125d 00h 00m |
| Orbits: | 1980 | 1980 |
Backup Crew
| No.: | 1 | 2 |
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| Surname: | Viktorenko | Aleksandrov |
| Given names: | Aleksandr Stepanovich | Aleksandr Pavlovich |
| Position: | Commander | Flight Engineer |
Expedition Report
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Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing
55 km northeast of Arkalyk. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the new space station MIR on March 15, 1986. The cosmonauts became the first resident crew of MIR. On March 05, 1986, they undocked from MIR for a day long journey to the Salyut 7 space station and stayed there for 50 days. Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Soloviyov conducted two EVAs while staying on Salyut 7 on May 28, 1986 (3h 50m) and March 31, 1986 (5h 00m), repairing heat, power and environmental control systems and collecting experiment results, experimental apparatus, and samples of materials. After done work returning to MIR on June 26, 1986. It was the first transfer from one space station to an other space station in space history. |
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