Soyuz T-5 was the second long-duration expedition to the Salyut 7 space station. The mission began on June 27, 1983, 09:12:00 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Aleksandrov into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 150-day stay on the station, crew carried outd various scientific and medical experiments, performed two EVAs to install additional solar panels on the station, and were visited by 2 uncrewed cargo Progress vehicles. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on November 23, 1983, 19:58:00 UTC.
Soyuz T-9 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 27 June 1983 09:12 UTC. It transported three cosmonauts of EO-2 to Salyut 7. The EO-2 crew was Vladimir Lyakhov and Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov.
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Birth: July 20, 1941
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April 19, 2018
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Birth: Feb. 20, 1943
Age: 81
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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