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Soyuz 9
Part of Lunar L1

Soyuz LV

Soyuz LV
Credit: NASA

Record flight duration. Head-over-heels rotation of Soyuz to conserve fuel and lack of exercise resulted in terrible condition of astronauts on return. The Soviets almost reconsidered their space station plans as a result.

AKA: Sokol (Falcon). Launched: 1970-06-01. Returned: 1970-06-19. Number crew: 2 . Duration: 17.71 days.

Manned flight endurance test. Medico-biological, scientific and technical studies and experiments in prolonged orbital flight. Inconclusive results due to slow sun-oriented rotation of spacecraft to conserve fuel producing motion sickness in cosmonauts. Recovered June 19, 1970 11:59 GMT.

Maneuver Summary:
176km X 228km orbit to 208km X 256km orbit. Delta V: 17 m/s
208km X 256km orbit to 244km X 259km orbit. Delta V: 10 m/s
Total Delta V: 27 m/s.


More at: Soyuz 9.

Family: Manned spaceflight. People: Nikolayev, Sevastyanov. Country: Russia. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK. Launch Sites: Baikonur. Agency: MOM.
Photo Gallery

Soyuz 9 CommSoyuz 9 Comm
Tereshkova and daughter and Khrunov communicate with Nikolayev during Soyuz 9.
Credit: RKK Energia


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Nikolayev on screen in communications session with his wife, Valentina Tereshkova, and daughter.
Credit: RKK Energia


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Soyuz 9 crew before lift-off
Credit: RKK Energia



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