Soviet Space ProgramSoyuz-U21/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-15
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Soviet Space Program's 1,973rd launch · 17th this year · humanity's 3,052nd orbital launch attempt
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Window: Mar 13, 12:33 – Mar 13, 12:33 UTC
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Soyuz T-15
Soyuz T-15 was the last mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station and the first to visit the Mir space station. The mission began on March 13, 1986, 12:33:09 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Kizim and Flight Engineer Volodimir Solovyov into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, crew tested station's systems and were visited by two Progress cargo spacecrafts. On May 5, 1986, 12:12:09 UTC crew undocked from Mir and docked with Salyut the next day. There they collected experiments results, instruments and performed two EVAs. On June 25 crew undocked from Salyut 7 and returned to Mir the next day. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on July 16, 1986, 12:34:05 UTC.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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Leonid KizimCommander · RFSA
Vladimir SolovyovFlight Engineer · RFSA
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Pad — 1/5
Local pad time: Mar 13, 5:33 PM GMT+5
487 launches from this pad · 1,564 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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