LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Thu Jun 15 1978
Soviet Space Program
Soyuz 29
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(8:16 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(8:16 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(8:16 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
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MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Human Exploration
- Soyuz 29 was the fourth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the the EO-2 expedition, which was the second long-duration crew for the station. The mission began on June 15, 1978, 20:16:45 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Ivanchenkov into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 136-day stay on the station, EO-2 crew conducted various scientific experiments, performed an EVA and were visited by three uncrewed Progress cargo spacecrafts and two visiting crews, Soyuz 30 and Soyuz 31. EO-2 crew swapped the vehicles with the Soyuz 31 crew, and returned to Earth in Soyuz 31 spacecraft. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on November 2, 1978, 11:05:00 UTC.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
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