Soyuz: 1966-1970
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The Soyuz spacecraft is a Soviet/Russian crewed spacecraft that were in active service since 1967. Originally built as part of the Soviet Manned Lunar Program, it was then redesigned as a shuttlecraft for LEO space stations starting in 1971. This addon covers the earliest Soyuz flights from 1966 to 1970, including test missions assigned with Cosmos designations
NOTES:
- The default Go-to button will take you to the Soyuz 5 mission, which is only visible on January 15-18, 1969
- Refer to the dates on the Table below to view the Soyuz flights included on this add-on
Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5
| Soyuz (1966-Present) |
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|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End |
| Cosmos 133 | 1966-Nov-28 | 1966-Nov-30 |
| Cosmos 140 | 1967-Feb-2 | 1967-Feb-9 |
| Soyuz 1 | 1967-Apr-23 | 1967-Apr-24 |
| First crewed Soyuz flight. Vladimir Komarov was killed when the capsule crash-landed at end of mission | ||
| Cosmos 186 | 1967-Oct-27 | 1967-Oct-31 |
| First robotic rendezvous/docking mission in history, with Cosmos 188 | ||
| Cosmos 188 | 1967-Oct-30 | 1967-Nov-2 |
| First robotic rendezvous/docking mission in history, with Cosmos 186 | ||
| Cosmos 212 | 1968-Apr-14 | 1968-Apr-19 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Cosmos 213 | ||
| Cosmos 213 | 1968-Apr-15 | 1968-Apr-20 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Cosmos 212 | ||
| Cosmos 238 | 1968-Aug-28 | 1968-Sept-1 |
| Soyuz 2 | 1968-Oct-25 | 1968-Oct-28 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Soyuz 3 (failed) | ||
| Soyuz 3 | 1968-Oct-26 | 1968-Oct-30 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Soyuz 2 (failed) | ||
| Soyuz 4 | 1969-Jan-14 | 1969-Jan-17 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Soyuz 5 | ||
| Soyuz 5 | 1969-Jan-15 | 1969-Jan-18 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Soyuz 4, also performed the first-ever successful crew transfer in space | ||
| Soyuz 6 | 1969-Oct-11 | 1969-Oct-16 |
| Failed rendezvous mission. Planned to film the docking of Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 | ||
| Soyuz 7 | 1969-Oct-12 | 1969-Oct-17 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Soyuz 8 (failed) | ||
| Soyuz 8 | 1969-Oct-13 | 1969-Oct-18 |
| Rendezvous/docking with Soyuz 7 (failed) | ||
| Soyuz 9 | 1970-Jun-1 | 1970-Jun-19 |
| 18 days. Longest non-space station crewed spaceflight in history | ||
Soyuz 6
Soyuz 7
Soyuz 8
Soyuz 9
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