Союз Т
The 2nd experimental version of the Soyuz spacecraft, known as Soyuz T, entered orbit 50 years ago.
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 spacecraft on April 3, 1984 as part of the Interkosmos program.
Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 spacecraft on April 3, 1984, as part of the Interkosmos program.
Vladimir Titov, Gennadiy Strekalov, and Aleksandr Serebrov launched on April 20, 1983, in Soyuz T-8.
The launch of Soyuz T-8 ended prematurely after two days due to a failure to dock with Salyut-7 because the Igla rendezvous antenna did not deploy.
The mission Soyuz T-10 used Soyuz-T vehicle no. 16L and had the call-sign Okean.
The launch escape system of Soyuz T-10 activated at T-48 seconds, successfully ejecting the crew.
Soyuz T-9 successfully docked with Salyut-7 despite a failed solar panel deployment.
Soyuz T-9, carrying Lyakhov and Aleksandrov from EO-2-1, launched on June 27, 1983.
A fire occurred during the launch countdown for Soyuz T-10.
Both ground controllers Shumilin and Soldatenkov were awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor for their actions during the Soyuz T-10 launch accident.
The total mass of the orbital stack during Soyuz T-9's mission reached 47 tons.
Gennady Strekalov and Rakesh Sharma were launched on the successful Soyuz T-11 mission to Salyut 7 on April 2, 1984.
Soyuz-T-10 was the second use of a launch abort system, following the first use nearly a decade earlier during the Soyuz 7K-T No.39 mission.
Gennady Strekalov and Vladimir Titov survived a launch fire moments before the Soyuz T-10-1 launch on September 26, 1983.