Soyuz 15

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz 15 was meant to be the second crewed mission to the Salyut 3 space station. The mission launched on August 26, 1974, 19:58:05 UTC, carrying commander Gennadi Sarafanov and flight engineer Lev Dyomin to orbit. Soyuz-15 failed to dock with the station and had to return to Earth early, landing on August 28, 1974, 20:10:16 UTC.

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Soyuz 15


In-active Human Rated Crew On-board: 2 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: Salyut 3
Serial Number: Soyuz 7K-T/A9 11F615A9 #63

Soyuz 15 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 26 August 1974 19:58 UTC. It intended to transport two cosmonauts on the second flight to Salyut 3, but docking failed. The crew was Gennadi Sarafanov and Lev Dyomin.

Soyuz Details

Crew


Gennadi Sarafanov

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 1942
Date of Death: Sept. 29, 2005

Lev Dyomin

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: Jan. 11, 1926
Date of Death: Dec. 18, 1998

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

(RFSA)

Administrator: Yuri Borisov Founded: 1992 Successes: 325 Failures: 11 Pending: 4

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The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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