Soyuz | Soyuz 5
Soviet Space Program · Soyuz · 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soviet Space Program's 376th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 924th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 15, 07:04 – Jan 15, 07:04 UTC
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Soyuz 5
Soyuz 5 mission started with the launch on January 15, 1969, 07:04:57 UTC, carrying Commander Boris Volynov, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov and Research Engineer Pyotr Kolodin into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 5 docked with Soyuz 4 spacecraft. Since no connecting tunel had been developed yet, the two cosmonauts had to spacewalk from one vehicle to another. The mission concluded with a hard landing back on Earth on January 18, 1969, 07:59:12 UTC.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Yevgeny KhrunovResearch Engineer · RFSA
Boris VolynovCommander · RFSA
Aleksei YeliseyevFlight Engineer · RFSA
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Pad — 1/5
Local pad time: Jan 15, 12:04 PM GMT+5
487 launches from this pad · 1,564 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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