Soyuz-U | Soyuz 33
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April 10, 1979, 5:34 p.m. - April 10, 1979, 5:34 p.m.
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April 10, 1979, 5:34 p.m. - April 10, 1979, 5:34 p.m.
Soyuz 33 would have been the eighth crew to dock to the Salyut 6 space station and was meant to visit the long-duration resident crew of the station. The mission began on April 10, 1979, 17:34:34 UTC, launching Commander Nikolai Rukavishnikovv and Research Cosmoanut Georgi Ivanov, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut, into orbit. They were going to dock with the station the next day, but engine failure forced mission to be aborted. The mission concluded with a rough return and landing back on Earth on April 12, 1979, 16:35:40 UTC.
Soyuz 33 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 10 April 1979 17:34 UTC. It was intended to transport two cosmonauts to Salyut 6, but docking failed. The crew was Nikolai Rukavishnikov and Georgi Ivanov.
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Birth: Sept. 18, 1932
Date of Death:
Oct. 19, 2002
Date of
Birth: July 2, 1940
Age: 85
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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