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During 1983. (Cancelled flight). Crew: Sarafanov, Romanov, Preobrazhensky. Backup Crew: Artyukhin, Yuyukov, Berezovoi. Program: Salyut 7. Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov finally killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.


Salyut 7/TKS-3 Chronology

  • - During 1983 - Salyut 7/TKS-3 (cancelled)  Crew: Sarafanov, Romanov, Preobrazhensky.

    Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.


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