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Klimuk Sevastyanov

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24 May 1975 14:58 GMT. Landing Date: 1975-07-26 14:18:08. Flight Time: 62.97 days. Flight Up: Soyuz 18. Flight Back: Soyuz 18. Call Sign: Kavkas (Caucasus ). Crew: Klimuk, Sevastyanov. Backup Crew: Kovalyonok, Ponomaryov. Program: Salyut. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 4. Joint experiments with the Salyut scientific orbital station. Recovered July 26, 1975 14:18 GMT. Landed 56 km E Arkalyk.

• 1975 May 24 - Soyuz 18  Crew: Klimuk, Sevastyanov. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 40. Mass: 6,825 kg (15,046 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511. Duration: 62.97 days. Perigee: 186 km (115 mi). Apogee: 230 km (140 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 88.60 min.

  Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 4. Joint experiments with the Salyut scientific orbital station. The crew remained aloft aboard the station during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint flight.

• 1975 Jul 26 - Landing of Soyuz 18 

  Soyuz 18 landed at 14:18 GMT, 56 km E of Arkalyk.

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