Soyuz-U | Soyuz 28
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March 2, 1978, 3:28 p.m.
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Soyuz 28 was the third mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station. This mission, being the first of the Intercosmos program, had the first ever international crew. The mission began on March 2, 1978, 15:28 UTC, launching Commander Aleksei Gubarev and Research Cosmonaut VladimÃr Remek into orbit. They docked with the station the next day and greeted the crew of the long0duration EO-1 expedition. During their stay on the station, Soyuz 28 crew performed various scientific and technological experiments. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on March 10, 1978, 13:44 UTC.
Soyuz 28 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 02 March 1978 15:28 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts of EP-2 to Salyut 6. The crew was Aleksei Gubarev and Vladimír Remek.
Soyuz Details
Date of Birth: March 29, 1931
Date of Death: Feb. 21, 2015
Date of Birth: Sept. 26, 1948
Age: 72
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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