List of Salyut 1 and Salyut 4 Flights

Salyut 1 & 4 Flights Salyut 6 Flights Salyut 7 Flights Backup Crews

Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Position
Soyuz 10* April 22, 1971
(23:54 GMT)
April 24, 1971
(23:40 GMT)
Vladimir Shatalov USSR M Commander
Aleksei Yeliseyev USSR M Flight Engineer
Nikolai Rukavishnikov USSR M Systems Engineer

Soyuz 11** June 6, 1971
(04:55 GMT)
June 29, 1971
(23:16 GMT)
Georgi Dobrovolsky USSR M Commander
Vladislav Volkov USSR M Flight Engineer
Viktor Patsayev USSR M Research Engineer

Soyuz 17+ January 10, 1975
(21:43 GMT)
February 9, 1975
(11:03 GMT)
Aleksei Gubarev USSR M Commander
Georgi Grechko USSR M Flight Engineer

Soyuz 18-1(A)++ April 5, 1975 (11:04 to 11:26 GMT)
The spacecraft did not reach orbit when the
launch vehicle's second stage failed to separate
from the third stage, aborting the mission.
Vasili Lazarev USSR M Commander
Oleg Makarov USSR M Flight Engineer

Soyuz 18(B)+ May 24, 1975
(14:58 GMT)
July 26, 1975
(14:18 GMT)
Pyotr Klimuk USSR M Commander
Vitali Sevastiyanov USSR M Flight Engineer

Note: * The crew of Soyuz 10 failed to enter Salyut 1 due to a jammed hatch.
** The crew of Soyuz 11 died during reentry, when the reentry capsule lost its atmosphere through an open value.
Salyut 1 was launched on April 19, 1971, and deorbited on October 10, 1971.
Salyut 4 was launched on December 26, 1974, and deorbited on February 2, 1977.
+ Mission to Salyut 4.
++ Soyuz 18-1(A) was a planned mission to Salyut 4.

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