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Gubarev Remek

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Salyut 6 Credit - © Mark Wade

2 March 1978 15:28 GMT. Landing Date: 1978-03-10 13:44:00. Flight Time: 7.93 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz 28. Flight Up: Soyuz 28. Flight Back: Soyuz 28. Call Sign: Zenit (Zenith ). Crew: Gubarev, Remek. Backup Crew: Pelczak, Rukavishnikov. Program: Salyut 6.

Of note: First Czech astronaut. First international 'Intercosmos' team consisting of A.A. Gubarev (USSR) and V. Remek (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic). Conducted scientific research and experiments jointly developed by Soviet and Czechoslovak specialists. Recovered March 10, 1978 13:45 GMT.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

Visiting Expedition 'guest cosmonaut' Vladimir Remek was the first non-U.S./ non-Soviet space traveller. He flew as part of Intercosmos, a program of co-operative space activities between the Soviet Union and other countries (especially those in the eastern bloc). Remek’s experiment program touched on life sciences, materials processing, and upper atmosphere research.

• 1978 Mar 2 - Soyuz 28  Crew: Gubarev, Remek. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 45. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 7.93 days. Perigee: 192 km (119 mi). Apogee: 246 km (152 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.80 min.

  Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Delivery to the Salyut-6 station of the first international 'Intercosmos' team consisting of A.A. Gubarev (USSR) and V. Remek (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) to carry out scientific research and experiments jointly developed by Soviet a nd Czechoslovak specialists.

• 1978 Mar 10 - Landing of Soyuz 28 

  Soyuz 28 landed at 13:44 GMT.

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