Salyut 6 EP-3


Hermaszewski

Klimuk

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27 June 1978 15:27 GMT. Landing Date: 1978-07-05 13:29:59. Flight Time: 7.92 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz 30. Flight Up: Soyuz 30. Flight Back: Soyuz 30. Call Sign: Kavkas (Caucasus ). Crew: Hermaszewski, Klimuk. Backup Crew: Jankowski, Kubasov. Location of Capsule: Military History Museum, Warsaw, Poland. Program: Salyut 6.

Of note: First Polish astronaut. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Placed on board the Salyut-6 station, under the Intercosmos programme, the second, international crew consisting of P I Klimuk (USSR) and M Hermaszewski (Poland) to conduct scientific investigations and experiments. The experiment program stressed life sciences, Earth observations, and study of the aurora borealis.


Salyut 6 EP-3 Chronology

  • 1978 Jun 27 - Soyuz 30  Crew: Hermaszewski, Klimuk. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T/A9. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T(A9) s/n 67. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 7.92 days. Perigee: 194 km (120 mi). Apogee: 244 km (151 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.80 min.

    Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Placed on board the Salyut-6 station, under the Intercosmos programme, a second, international, crew consisting of P.I. Klimuk (USSR) and M. Hermaszewski (Poland) to conduct scientific investigations and experiments.

  • 1978 Jul 5 - Landing of Soyuz 30 

    Soyuz 30 landed at 13:29 GMT.


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
  • Clark, Philip, The Soviet Manned Space Program, Salamander Books, London, 1988. ISBN: 051756954X. By far the best account of the Soviet manned program, though now out of date due to the flood of revelations since Glasnost and the end of the cold war. More at amazon.com...
  • Furniss, Tim, Manned Spaceflight Log, Jane's, London, 1986. ISBN: 0710604025. Summary of all manned spaceflights up to 1986. Pre-Glasnost, so many 'war stories' of Soviet manned spaceflight are not included. More at amazon.com...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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