Popov

Savitskaya

Serebrov

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19 August 1982 17:12 GMT. Landing Date: 1982-08-27 15:04:00. Flight Time: 7.91 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz T-7. Flight Up: Soyuz T-7. Flight Back: Soyuz T-5. Call Sign: Dnepr (Dnieper ). Crew: Popov, Savitskaya, Serebrov. Backup Crew: Pronina, Romanenko, Savinykh. Program: Salyut 7.

Of note: Second woman in space. Soyuz T-7 carried Svetlana Savitskaya, Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments.

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

Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to visit space in 20 years, and was included in the crew specifically to upstage the Americans from accomplishing the same feat. She was given the orbital module of Soyuz T-7 for privacy. The Soyuz T-7 crew delivered experiments and mail from home to the EO-1 crew. On August 21 the five cosmonauts traded seat liners between the Soyuz-Ts. The EP-2 crew undocked in Soyuz T-5, leaving the newer Soyuz T-7 spacecraft as a lifeboat for the long-duration crew.

• 1982 Aug 19 - Soyuz T-7  Crew: Popov, Savitskaya, Serebrov. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 12L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 113.08 days. Perigee: 289 km (179 mi). Apogee: 299 km (185 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 90.30 min.

  Docked with Salyut 7. Carried Svetlana Savitskaya, Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments.

• 1982 Aug 27 - Landing of Soyuz T-5 

  Soyuz T-5 landed at 15:04 GMT with the crew of Popov, Savitskaya and Serebrov aboard.