LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Jan 15 1969

Soviet Space Program

Soyuz 5

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(7:04 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(7:04 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(7:04 AM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Soyuz

Type: Human Exploration
Soyuz 5 mission started with the launch on January 15, 1969, 07:04:57 UTC, carrying Commander Boris Volynov, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov and Research Engineer Pyotr Kolodin into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 5 docked with Soyuz 4 spacecraft. Since no connecting tunel had been developed yet, the two cosmonauts had to spacewalk from one vehicle to another. The mission concluded with a hard landing back on Earth on January 18, 1969, 07:59:12 UTC.

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

1/5