List of human spaceflights to Salyut space stations

This is a chronological list of human spaceflights to the Salyut space stations. Prior to Salyut 6, flights were referred to by the designation of the Soyuz spacecraft that transported the crew to and from the station. Flights to Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 were numbered either EO-n" for long-term expedition crews, or EP-n" for short-term visiting or taxi crews, where n was sequentially increased with each flight of that type to that particular station. Salyut commanders are listed in italics. "Duration" refers to the crew and does not always correspond to "Flight up" or "Flight down". Missions which failed to reach or dock with the station are listed in red. All cosmonauts are Soviet unless otherwise indicated.

The Salyut programme was a series of Soviet space stations launched during the 1970s and 1980s. Six Salyut space stations were crewed in addition to a number of prototypes and failures. Crewed flights as part of the Salyut programme ended in 1986 as efforts were shifted to Mir.

Salyut 1

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Expedition Crew Launch (GMT) Flight up Landing (GMT) Flight down Duration
(days)
Remarks
Vladimir Shatalov
Aleksei Yeliseyev
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
23 April 1971
23:54
Soyuz 10 25 April 1971
23:40
Soyuz 10 2.01 Soft docking was successful, hard docking failed.[1]
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
6 June 1971
07:55
Soyuz 11 30 June 1971
02:16
Soyuz 11 23.76 Cosmonauts died at cabin depressurisation. Only persons to die above 100 km (62 mi).

Salyut 3

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Expedition Crew Launch (GMT) Flight up Landing (GMT) Flight down Duration
(days)
Remarks
Pavel Popovich
Yuri Artyukhin
3 July 1974
18:51
Soyuz 14 19 July 1974
12:21
Soyuz 14 15.73
Gennadi Sarafanov
Lev Dyomin
26 August 1974
19:58
Soyuz 15 28 August 1974
20:10
Soyuz 15 2.01 Failed to dock

Salyut 4

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Expedition Crew Launch (GMT) Flight up Landing (GMT) Flight down Duration
(days)
Remarks
Aleksei Gubarev
Georgi Grechko
11 January 1975
21:43
Soyuz 17 10 February 1975
11:03
Soyuz 17 29.56
Vasily Lazarev
Oleg Makarov
5 April 1975
11:04
Soyuz 7K-T #39 5 April 1975
11:26
Soyuz 7K-T #39 0.02 Failed to orbit
Pyotr Klimuk
Vitali Sevastyanov
24 May 1975
14:58
Soyuz 18 26 July 1975
14:18
Soyuz 18 62.97

Salyut 5

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Expedition Crew Launch (GMT) Flight up Landing (GMT) Flight down Duration
(days)
Remarks
Boris Volynov
Vitali Zholobov
6 June 1976
12:08
Soyuz 21 24 August 1976
18:32
Soyuz 21 49.27
Vyacheslav Zudov
Valery Rozhdestvensky
14 October 1976
17:39
Soyuz 23 16 October 1976
17:45
Soyuz 23 2.00 Failed to dock
Viktor Gorbatko
Yury Glazkov
7 February 1977
16:11
Soyuz 24 25 February 1977
09:38
Soyuz 24 17.73

Salyut 6

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Salyut 7

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 10". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  • Wade, Mark. "Salyut". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  • Wade, Mark. "Salyut 6". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on April 16, 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  • Wade, Mark. "Salyut 7". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  • McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-09.