Soyuz | Soyuz 17
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Jan. 10, 1975, 9:43 p.m. - Jan. 10, 1975, 9:43 p.m.
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Soyuz 17 was the first of two long-duration missions to the Salyut-4 space station. The mission began on January 10, 1975, 21:43:37 UTC, launching commander Aleksei Gubarev and flight engineer Georgi Grechko into orbit. Spacecraft was manually docked with the station on January 12. During their stay on the station, crew performed an array of astrophysical experiments, including studying the Sun, planets and the stars in a wide electromagnetic spectrum. The mission concluded after 29 days with a safe landing back on Earth on February 9, 1975, 11:03:22 UTC.
Soyuz 17 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 10 January 1975 21:43 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts on the first flight to Salyut 4. The crew was Aleksei Gubarev and Georgi Grechko.
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Birth: March 29, 1931
Date of Death:
Feb. 21, 2015
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Birth: May 25, 1931
Date of Death:
April 8, 2017
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
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