Soyuz (Almaz) 12

1972 June. (Cancelled flight). Crew: Artyukhin, Popovich. Backup Crew: Volynov, Zholobov. Program: Almaz. Planned first crew to the first Almaz space station. Cancelled after the loss of control of Almaz OPS 1 (Salyut 2) in orbit.

Soyuz (Almaz) 12 Chronology

- 1973 June - Soyuz (Almaz) 12 (cancelled) Crew: Artyukhin, Popovich. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T.
Planned first crew to the first Almaz space station. Cancelled after the loss of control of Almaz OPS 1 (Salyut 2) in orbit.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Siddiqi, Asif A, Soviet Space Web Page, 1999 via Dietrich Haeseler. Asif Siddiqi presents material that could not be fit into his monumental 'Challenge to Apollo'. Accessed at: http://home.earthlink.net/~cliched/main_space.html.

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