Soyuz 18


Klimuk

Sevastyanov

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.


Soyuz 18 Chronology

  • 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.


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 By far the best account of the Soviet manned program, though now out of date due to the flood of revelations since Glasnost and the end of the cold war.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...
  • Turnill, Reginald,, The Observer's Spaceflight Directory, Frederick Warne, London, 1978. ISBN: 0723220514. Good miniature encyclopaedia of space programs just before the shuttle started flying. More at amazon.com...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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