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June 5, 1980, 2:19 p.m. - June 5, 1980, 2:19 p.m.
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Soyuz T-2 was the first crewed flight of the new Soyuz vehicle. It was the tenth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EP-6 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on June 5, 1980, 14:19:30 UTC, launching Commander Yury Malyshev and Flight Engineer Vladimir Aksyonov into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 2-day stay on the station, crew carried out few scientific experiments. After Soyuz T-2 undocked, its crew photographed and visually inspected the space station. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on June 9, 1980, 12:39:00 UTC.
Soyuz T-2 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 5 June 1980 14:19 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts to Salyut 6. The crew was Yury Malyshev and Vladimir Aksyonov.
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Birth: Aug. 27, 1941
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Nov. 8, 1999
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Birth: Feb. 1, 1935
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April 9, 2024
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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