Soyuz 40
Launch Date
May 14, 1981
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Soyuz 40
Launch Date
May 14, 1981
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Overview
Soyuz 40 was a week-long visitation mission to the sixth long duration crew of the Salyut 6 space station. It was the final flight of the original Soyuz crew spacecraft and the last craft to dock to Salyut 6. It marked the first time a Romanian travelled to 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.
