Resident Crews of Salyut 7

Salyut 7
Expedition 1

Crew Soyuz T-5

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2
Nation: USSR USSR
Surname:  Berezovoy  Lededev
Given names:  Anatoli Nikolayevich  Valentin Vitaliyevich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz T-5  Soyuz T-5
Launch date:  13.05.1982  13.05.1982
Launchtime:  09:58 UT  09:58 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz T-7  Soyuz T-7
Landingdate:  10.12.1982  10.12.1982
Landingtime:  19:02 UT  19:02 UT
Mission duration:  211d 09h 04m  211d 09h 04m
Orbits:  3344  3344

Backup Crew

No.: 1 2
Nation: USSR USSR
Surname:  Titov  Strekalov
Given names:  Vladimir Georgiyevich  Gennadi Mikhailovich
Job:  Commander  Flight Engineer

Crew Soyuz T-5 (backup)

Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz T-7-capsule 70 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Docking on the new space station Salyut 7 and first resident crew. Ejection of a small radioamateur-satellite. The Soviets called this the first launch of a communications satellite from a manned space vehicle. Supplies with cargo spacecrafts Progress 13 - 16. Visiting of spacecrafts Soyuz T-6 on 24.06.1982 and Soyuz T-7 on 19.08.1982.

EVA by both cosmonauts on 30.07.1982 (2h 33m). Task of this EVA were installing a movie camera and a floodlight, replacing samples on the Etalon space exposure experiment and working with the Istok panel, which tested the ability to turn bolts using a special wrench, among others. Medical experiments to find reasons of space sickness.

The crew set a new spaceflight record.

Photos / Drawings

Salyut 7 Soyuz T-5 launch
Salyut 7 onbord EVA Lebedev
Soyuz T-7 recovery  

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