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Soyuz T-12
Part of Salyut
First woman to walk in space, accomplished for propaganda purposes ahead of plans for NASA female astronaut EVA. Mission to swap Soyuz lifeboats docked to station.

AKA: Pamir (Pamir mountains);Salyut 7 EP-4. Launched: 1984-07-17. Returned: 1984-07-29. Number crew: 3 . Duration: 11.80 days.

The crew comprising ship's commander V A Dzhanibekov, flight engineer S E Savitskaya and cosmonaut-research I P Volk, docked to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

The crew included veteran cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Buran shuttle program cosmonaut Igor Volk, and Svetlana Savitskaya. On July 25 Dzhanibekov and Savitskaya performed a 3 hr, 30 min EVA, during which they tested the URI multipurpose tool. They cut, welded, soldered, and coated metal samples. During the Pamirs' stay, the six cosmonauts aboard Salyut 7 also conducted Rezonans tests and collected station air samples.


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Family: Manned spaceflight. People: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya, Volk. Spacecraft: Soyuz T.

1984 July 17 - . 17:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.
1984 July 25 - . 14:55 GMT - .
1984 July 29 - .

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