Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-8
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April 20, 1983, 1:10 p.m. - April 20, 1983, 1:10 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
April 20, 1983, 1:10 p.m. - April 20, 1983, 1:10 p.m.
Soyuz T-8 was meant to be the fourth mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station. The mission began on April 20, 1983, 13:10:54 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Titov, Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov and Research Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov into orbit. However, the spacecraft failed to dock with the space station and after some further attempts mission had to be aborted. The mission concluded two days later with a safe landing back on Earth on April 22, 1983, 13:28:42 UTC.
Soyuz T-8 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 20 April 1983 13:10 UTC. It intended to transport three cosmonauts to Salyut 7, but the spacecraft failed to dock. The crew was Vladimir Titov, Gennady Strekalov, and Aleksandr Serebrov.
Soyuz T Details
Date of
Birth: Jan. 1, 1947
Age: 79
Date of
Birth: Feb. 15, 1944
Date of Death:
Nov. 12, 2013
Date of
Birth: Oct. 26, 1940
Date of Death:
Dec. 25, 2004
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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