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Grechko Gubarev

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Salyut 4 in Assembly Credit - RKK Energia

11 January 1975 21:43 GMT. Landing Date: 1975-02-10 11:02:45. Flight Time: 29.56 days. Flight Up: Soyuz 17. Flight Back: Soyuz 17. Call Sign: Zenit (Zenith ). Crew: Grechko, Gubarev. Backup Crew: Lazarev, Makarov. Support Crew: Klimuk, Sevastyanov. Program: Salyut.

Of note: First successful Russian civilian space station mission. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 4. Joint experiments with the Salyut scientific orbital station. Recovered February 9, 1975 11:03 GMT. Landed 110 km NE Tselinograd.

• 1975 Jan 10 - Soyuz 17  Crew: Grechko, Gubarev. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 38. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511. Duration: 29.56 days. Perigee: 185 km (114 mi). Apogee: 249 km (154 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.80 min.

  Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 4. Joint experiments with the Salyut scientific orbital station.

• 1975 Feb 10 - Landing of Soyuz 17 

  Soyuz 17 landed at 11:03 GMT, 110 km NE of Tselinograd.

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