Soyuz T-3
Launch Date
November 27, 1980
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Soyuz T-3
Launch Date
November 27, 1980
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Overview
Soyuz T-3 brought the fifth resident crew of Salyut 6 to and from the station. It marked the first three-person resident crew of Salyut 6. The purpose of the flight was to test the Soyuz T spacecraft and perform maintenance on Salyut 6.
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.
