Soyuz | Soyuz 9
Soviet Space Program · Soyuz · 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soviet Space Program's 481st launch · 28th this year · humanity's 1,090th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 1, 19:00 – Jun 1, 19:00 UTC
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Soyuz 9
Soyuz 9 carried cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev & Vitali Sevastyanov to orbit. The mission lasted 17 days, 16 hours & 58 minutes completing 288 orbits around Earth. They broke the endurance record held by Gemini 7 for 5 years. This was the first crewed space launch that lifted off at night. As of 2016 it still holds the record for longest crewed flight by a solo spacecraft. The goal of the mission was to conduct various pysiological and biomedical experiments on themselves and invastigate possible social implications of extended duration spaceflight.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Andriyan NikolayevCommander · RFSA
Vitaly SevastyanovFlight Engineer · RFSA
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