Soyuz 24

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	07.02.1977
Launch time:	16:10 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	173 - 323 km
Inclination:	51,62°
Landing date:	25.02.1977
Landing time:	09:36 UT
Landing site:	36 km NE of Arkalyk

Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Gorbatko	Viktor Vasiliyevich	Commander	2	17d 17h 25m	285
2	Glazkov	Yuri Nikolayevich	Flight Engineer	1	17d 17h 25m	285

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Gorbatko
2	Glazkov

Landing
1	Gorbatko
2	Glazkov

Animations: Soyuz


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1. Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job
1	Berezovoy	Anatoli Nikolayevich	Commander
2	Lisun	Mikhail Ivanovich	Flight Engineer

2. Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job
1	Kozelsky	Vladimir Sergeyevich	Commander
2	Preobrazhensky	Vladimir Yevgeniyevich	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 36 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking with spacestation Salyut 5 on second flight day. The crew brought repairing tools and equipment for changing of cabin atmosphere. The cabin air was not toxic, so the changing of cabin atmosphere was performed as a scientific experiment. Also scientific experiments for solar studies, earth observations and materials science.

Drawings

©			Last update on April 20, 2008.