Soyuz T-2
Launch Date
June 5, 1980
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
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Soyuz T-2
Launch Date
June 5, 1980
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Overview
This was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz T, an upgraded variant of the Soyuz crew vehicle. The flight was a four day visitation mission to the fourth long duration crew of the Salyut 6 space station and was designed to test the Soyuz T's systems.
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.
