Soyuz | Soyuz 23
Soviet Space Program · Soyuz · 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soviet Space Program's 1,055th launch · 76th this year · humanity's 1,886th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 14, 17:39 – Oct 14, 17:39 UTC
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Soyuz 23
Soyuz 23 was meant to be the second crewed flight to the Salyut 5 military space station. The mission began on October 14, 1976, 17:39:18 UTC, launching Commander Vyacheslav Zudov and Flight Engineer Valery Rozhdestvensky into orbit. They arrived at the station, but equipment malfunction did not allow docking and the mission had to be aborted Soyuz 23 returned to Earth on October 16, 1976, 17:45:53 UTC, with an unintended splashdown in partially frozen Lake Tengiz. The capsule sunk, and due to fog and other adverse conditions it took nine hours for the rescue team to recover the capsule and crew.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Valery RozhdestvenskyFlight Engineer · RFSA
Vyacheslav ZudovCommander · RFSA
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Pad — 1/5
Local pad time: Oct 14, 10:39 PM GMT+5
487 launches from this pad · 1,564 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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