Soyuz 13
Launch Date
December 18, 1973
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
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Soyuz 13
Launch Date
December 18, 1973
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Overview
This was a free-flying test flight of the newly redesigned Soyuz vehicle after the Soyuz 11 fatal in-space accident. In addition to testing Soyuz systems, it was the first dedicated science flight of the Soviet Union and carried the Orion 2 Space Observatory to obtain information on thousands of stars.
Crafts
Soyuz
Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.
