Soyuz 31
Launch Date
August 26, 1978
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Soyuz 31
Launch Date
August 26, 1978
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Overview
This was a spacecraft swap and visitation mission to the Salyut 6 long duration crew to provide them a new reentry Soyuz spacecraft. The flight marked the first time a German citizen reached space.
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.
