LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu May 14 1981
Soviet Space Program

Soyuz 40

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(5:16 PM UTC)

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(5:16 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(5:16 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz U

Description:

Soyuz U rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Human Exploration
  • Soyuz 40 was the 16th and final mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station. It carried the the EP-10 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz T-4 resident crew. The mission began on May 14, 1981, 17:16:38 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Popov and Research Cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu, the first Romanian cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-10 crew conducted Earth observation, material, medical and other experiments, including Earth magnetic field and space radiation study. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on May 22, 1981, 13:58:30 UTC.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

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