The outstanding pilot-cosmonaut Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov flew into space three times. In 1975, together with A. Leonov, he took part in the historic Soviet-American docking "Apollo" - "Soyuz". Despite the enormous contribution to space exploration and world fame, in life he was a man of amazing modesty, to whom vanity and arrogance are alien. We will tell you about the exploits of the astronaut in the article.
Biography
Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was born into a family of employees in the city of Vyazniki, Ivanovo Industrial Region (now Vladimir Region) on 01/07/1935. In 1952 he graduated high school, then entered the Aviation Institute of Moscow at the faculty of aircraft construction.
After receiving his diploma in 1958, Kubasov began to work in the ninth department of OKB-1, first as an engineer, then as a senior engineer and group leader. Under the direction of soviet designer M. Tikhonravova designed the Martian manned spacecraft. From September 1964 he worked as the head of the group of the ballistics department.
In May 1964, Valery Nikolayevich Kubasov was sent for a medical examination at TsVNIAG as one of fourteen candidates for the position of cosmonaut-engineer for a flight on the three-seater spacecraft "Voskhod". The commission admitted him to special training, but following the results of the meeting of the Credentials Commission, he was not enrolled in the group.
A year later, he took part in the first set of astronauts at OKB-1 and was one of twelve people who passed all the selection stages. In 1966, he was included in the list of candidates for the posts of test cosmonauts at TsKBEM. Since that time, the biography of Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov is forever associated with space.
First space flight
In 1966-1968. Valery Nikolaevich, together with A. Nikolaev and V. Gorbatko, was preparing for the flight of the Soyuz spacecraft, at the same time he studied at the postgraduate course at TsKBEM, and received a Ph.D. degree. In 1969, during the launch of Soyuz-5, he was A. Eliseev's backup as the ship's flight engineer.
Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov made his first flight into space in 1969, October 11-16. This was the world's first group transport of three Soyuz spacecraft into outer space. Kubasov flew to the Soyuz-6 spacecraft as a flight engineer, his call sign was Antey-2. During the flight, the cosmonauts performed experiments on performing welding work in space using equipment developed at the Research Institute of Electric Welding. They spent almost five days in outer space.
Missed flights
In 1970-1971. Valery Nikolaevich together with P. Kolodin and A. Leonov was preparing for transportation to the Salyut-1 station as part of the Soyuz-11 crew. But in June 1971, the main crew was dismissed, because Kubasov found a darkening in the lungs. As it turned out later, it was an allergy to the flowering of a local plant. A backup crew flew instead. Returning to Earth on June 30, 1971
In 1972, Kubasov and Leonov were supposed to fly to the Salyut-2 DOS, but the expedition was canceled due to the accident of the Proton rocket during its launch into orbit on July 29. Then he prepared for testing the new Sokol-K rescue suits in space, but the flight was replaced by an unmanned one.
In the spring of 1973 he was supposed to make an expedition to the Salyut-3 DOS with Leonov, but it did not take place due to the accident of the orbital station.
Second and third space flights
On July 15-21, 1975, Valery Nikolayevich Kubasov flew into space for the second time as part of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft, his call sign is Soyuz-2. During the expedition, the crew performed the first ever docking of US and Soviet spacecraft, and also carried out work in orbit with the crew of the American Apollo. The flight lasted almost six days.
Since 1978, Kubasov has been preparing for an expedition to the Soyuz-6 station as the commander of the Soviet-Hungarian crew. The flight was postponed due to the accident on the Soyuz-33 spacecraft, but the cosmonauts continued training to maintain their fitness.
May 26 - June 3, 1980 Valery Kubasov's third transportation into space took place as the commander of Soyuz-36 together with B. Farkash. According to the Soviet-Hungarian program, the crew went to Salyut-6, where they worked with members of the main expedition of the orbital station V. Ryumin and L. Popov. Kubasov's call sign was Orion-1. The flight lasted a little less than eight days.
Further activities and awards
After that, Valery Nikolaevich continued to work in space corporation, trained test cosmonauts. 03.11.1993 due to retirement due to seniority he was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps. However, he did not leave his job, he worked as a deputy head of one of the departments of NPO Energia ”. Since the end of 1997 he has been a consultant to RKK.
In 2011 he was awarded the Medal for Merit in Space Exploration. This is not the only award Kubasov: he is twice a Hero Soviet Union, Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic, holder of three Orders of V. Lenin and two medals "Gold Star".
On February 19, 2014, the astronaut died of a stroke at the age of 79. RSC Energia expressed condolences to the family of Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov and took over the organization of the funeral. On February 22, the cosmonaut was buried at the Troyekurovsky cemetery in the capital. He is survived by his wife, grown-up daughter and son.
Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich - flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft;
flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft.Born on January 7, 1935 in the town of Vyazniki, Ivanovo Industrial Region (now Vladimir Region). Russian. In 1952 he graduated from the 10th grade of the school in Vyazniki, in 1958 - the Moscow aviation institute (aircraft engineering faculty).
In 1958-1966 he worked as an engineer, senior engineer and head of the OKB-1 group (now RSC Energia). He was engaged in the design of manned spacecraft.
In 1966-1993 - in the cosmonaut corps. Performed 3 space flights with a total duration of 18 days 17 hours 59 minutes.
11-16 October 1969 made space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft (together with GS Shonin) lasting 4 days 22 hours 43 minutes. The crew of the spacecraft took part in the first group flight of three spaceships (together with Soyuz-7 and Soyuz-8), during which they were approached and maneuvered. During the flight, V.N.Kubasov was the first in the world to carry out welding experiments in space.
For the successful implementation of the flight and the courage and heroism shown at the same time by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 22, 1969 Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
On July 15-21, 1975, he completed the second space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (together with A.A. Leonov) under the ASTP program for 5 days 22 hours 31 minutes. During the flight, the world's first docking of two spacecraft from different countries - Soyuz-19 (USSR) and Apollo-18 (USA) was performed.
For the successful implementation of the flight and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 22, 1975, he was awarded the second Gold Star medal and the Order of Lenin.
May 26 - June 3, 1980 made the third space flight as a crew commander on the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (together with the Hungarian cosmonaut B. Farkash) and the Salyut-6 orbital station lasting 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes.
In 1993-1997 he worked as deputy head of the department of the Main Design Bureau of NPO Energia, since 1997 - as a scientific consultant at RSC Energia.
Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR (10/22/1969), candidate of technical sciences (1968), reserve lieutenant colonel. Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic (1980). He was awarded 3 Orders of Lenin (10/22/1969; 07/22/1975; 06/30/1980), medals, foreign awards. He was awarded the K.E. Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1969) and the Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal (1975, FAI).
Honorary Citizen of the cities of Vladimir, Vyazniki, Kaluga; Arkalyk and Karaganda (Kazakhstan); New York, Atlanta, Nashville, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Houston (USA).
A bronze bust of V.N. Kubasov was installed in the city of Vyazniki. A street in the town of Alexandrov, Vladimir region, is named after him.
Works:
Interplanetary flights. M., 1979 (co-authored);
A touch of space. M., 1984;
In-orbit rendezvous methods. M., 1985 (co-authored).
Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov - flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft; flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft; crew commander of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft.
Born on January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki (now Vladimir region) in the family of an employee. After graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute (aircraft engineering faculty), he was assigned to work at OKB-1 (KB Korolev) in the ballistics department. He was engaged in the design of manned spacecraft. In 1966 he was enlisted in the detachment of Soviet cosmonauts.
From 1966 to 1993 he performed 3 space flights with a total duration of 18 days 17 hours 59 minutes.
On October 11-16, 1969 he made a space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft together with GS Shonin, lasting 4 days 22 hours 43 minutes. The first group flight of three spacecraft (together with Soyuz-7 and Soyuz-8). During the flight, the ships were drawn closer and maneuvered. VN Kubasov was the first in the world to conduct experiments on welding in space.
On July 15-21, 1975, he completed the second space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft together with A. A. Leonov, lasting 5 days 22 hours 31 minutes. During the flight, the world's first docking of two spacecraft from different countries - Soyuz-19 (USSR) and Apollo-18 (USA) was performed.
May 26 - June 3, 1980 made the third space flight as a crew commander on the Soyuz-36 spacecraft together with the Hungarian cosmonaut B. Farkas and the Salyut-6 orbital station lasting 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes.
After leaving the cosmonaut corps, he continued to work at NPO Energia as the deputy head of the 5th department of the Main Design Bureau (GKB). Since November 28, 1997 he was a scientific consultant in the 887th department of RSC Energia named after SP Korolev.
He lived in Moscow. He died on February 19, 2014. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.
Awards and titles:
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1969, 1975);
three Orders of Lenin;
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (April 12, 2011) - for great services in the field of research, exploration and use of outer space, long-term conscientious work, active social activities;
the gold medal named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky of the USSR Academy of Sciences;
Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal;
Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic (1980);
gold medal "For services in the development of science and before humanity" (Czechoslovakia);
medal "National technique" (Yugoslavia).
Public awards:
Prize "For the Glory of the Fatherland" in the category "Glory to Russia" (2008), established by the International Academy social sciences and the International Academy of Patronage;
Order "To the Glory of the Fatherland" II degree (2008).
Candidate of Technical Sciences (1968). Member of the CPSU since 1968.
Honorary Citizen of the cities of Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Vladimir, Vyazniki (Russia), Karaganda, Arkalyk (Kazakhstan), New York, Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Nashville, Salt Lake City (USA).
A bronze bust of V.N.Kubasov was installed in Vyazniki. A street in the town of Alexandrov, Vladimir region, is named after him.
Official tourist portal of the Vladimir region
Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich
A touch of space
Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich
A touch of space
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR V.N.Kubasov, using the example of a joint flight of the Soviet-Hungarian crew, talks about the work of cosmonauts, about the complex tasks that participants in space flights have to solve today.
The author reveals the features of a number of interesting scientific and technical experiments under the Interkosmos program, talks about the great national economic significance of the research carried out at orbital stations.
The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.
Chapter I. BEGINNING OF THE COUNT
Chapter II. IN THE ORBITS OF INTERKOSMOS
Chapter III. WHERE NOTHING WEIGHS ANYTHING ...
Chapter IV. THE PHENOMENON OF "ORIONS" "DNEPRAM"
Chapter V. IN QUARTET WITH "DNEPR"
Chapter VI. "DURING THE FLIGHT, COMPLETED ..."
Chapter VII. EXPERIMENTS, EXPERIMENTS ...
Chapter VIII. FOR THOSE WHO ON EARTH!
Chapter IX. PROFESSION: COSMONAUT
Chapter X. AND ON THE ROAD AGAIN ...
Chapter XI. EARTH TO ENCOUNTER
Chapter XII. FLIGHT ENDED
START COUNT
Baikonur - a quarter of a century! - Blessed by the Queen. - First four. - Medicine for fractures. - Our friend Anokhin. - Cosmonaut, you are leaky! - Reporting to nowhere - Soviet-Hungarian crew in orbit!
The white bus with a yellow stripe, the one that brings the astronauts to the launch pad - although less famous than the launch vehicle, the Soyuz spacecraft or the Salyut orbital station, but known to everyone in Baikonur - smoothly departs from the hotel "Cosmonaut" and heads for the cosmodrome. This is before the cosmonaut could walk from the place of the last overnight stay to "his" rocket. Obviously, you don't look very much in a spacesuit, but the path was short, much shorter than the current one, which our bus with an escort of cars that ensure traffic safety takes about forty minutes.
We pass Zvezdograd. Now outside the windows is the steppe, May, blooming, as it happens only at this time of the year. The day is approaching evening, soon the crimson flashes of the steppe sunset will play over the horizon.
Today is May 26, 1980. For the third time, as a starting cosmonaut, I have been rolling along this road. This time my partner is the Hungarian pilot Bertalan Farkas. Forty minutes of driving is a short timeout after the iron rhythm of many years of preparation, time to concentrate before the start, to summarize ...
It’s hard to believe that just a quarter of a century ago, the cosmodrome builders drove the first pegs into the solid steppe earth. Then, in 1955, even those who saw a huge shield with the words inscribed in chalk: "A launch complex will be built here", it was difficult to imagine what a colossus this space harbor would become. Two years after the laying of Baikonur, a rocket was launched from here with the first artificial satellite Earth. An obelisk with the inscription: "Here the genius of the Soviet man began a daring assault on the universe" - rose where the builders' plywood shield stood.
There is another monument on Baikonur - not far from the first launch site, two modest houses stand side by side. One morning on April 12, 1961, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin woke up to become the number one cosmonaut of planet Earth in a few hours, in another, when he arrived at the cosmodrome, Sergey Pavlovich Korolev lived. Every cosmonaut who prepares for his first launch comes to these wooden houses, where museums are now located ...
In October 1969, I also came here - a few days before three spacecraft simultaneously entered low-earth orbit for the first time. Together with Georgy Shonin, we made up the crew of the Soyuz-6. The next day after our launch, Soyuz-7 was launched with Anatoly Filipchenko, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko. A day later, the third spacecraft, Soyuz-8, was in space, piloted by Vladimir Shatalov and Alexei Eliseev.
Alexey Eliseev, Vladislav Volkov and I are representatives of the first generation of space flight engineers. Soon after Gagarin's flight, it became clear to us, then the workers of the design bureau, headed by S.P.Korolev, that the way into space was not closed to specialists either.
I remember the words of Sergei Pavlovich, said by him, when the first cosmonaut-researcher, one of the creators of the Gagarin Vostok, Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov flew on the three-seat Voskhod: “From now on, after Feoktistov's flight, the road to space is open to scientists. They now have access not only to numbers and recordings of instruments, photo and telemetry tapes, sensor readings. No, now the scientist has access to his own vivid perception of events, the feeling of what he has experienced and seen, he now has an excellent opportunity to conduct research, immediately analyze the results and move on. "
Korolev, who personally spoke with each of the first thirteen engineers who submitted the application, himself established the basic minimum requirement that an astronaut candidate must meet: at least three years of work in the field space technology... A man of tough disposition, he demanded from us a clear understanding of the tasks of the test cosmonaut, deep knowledge of space technology in order to cope with the vast range of scientific observations and experiments that were to be carried out in space.
If the candidate, when asked directly by Korolyov why he applied, answered that he just wanted to become an astronaut, there was almost no chance of becoming one.
When my turn came, I replied: "I want to test the equipment in the creation of which I myself participated" - and, apparently, expressed an idea close to Sergei Pavlovich. I recalled that back in March 1960, at an introductory lecture for future cosmonauts, the creator of the first Soviet liquid-propellant rocket, Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov, formulated the task of the upcoming manned flight into space as follows: "Full-scale flight tests of the Vostok spacecraft in a manned version ..."
The official date of birth of our group of flight engineers, which consisted of eight people, is considered May 23, 1966, although we, four of this eight, got to the Cosmonaut Training Center only in August of the same year. Alexey Eliseev, Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Grechko and I were able to safely pass the strictest medical checks and began to prepare for flights, in order to go from ship to ship in one of them. By the way, later Alexey Eliseev did it, and I happened to be his understudy.
We settled in the dispensary of the Cosmonaut Training Center, located in a forest area: me with Alexey, and next to me, next door, Vadim Volkov and Georgy Grechko.
Our room had a large wardrobe, two bedside tables, two beds. There is a loudspeaker on the wall. That's the whole simple situation.
We were in the dispensary six days a week and only went home on Saturdays. I had to do a lot then - from morning to late evening there were various classes. They went to bed after eleven, having listened to the "Latest News".
The loudspeaker hung over Alexei's bed, and he, exhausted during the day, fell asleep, not noticing that the radio remained on. The broadcast ended, and it died down by itself ... But in the morning, at 6 o'clock, the loudspeaker woke up first. And we only get up at seven according to the daily routine. Alexey tested my restraint. He waited for me to show slack and turn off the radio. I could not stand it, jumped up, in one jump pulled the plug of the loudspeaker from the socket and ... threw it at Alexey! But he continued to lie serenely, knowing that the length of the cord would not be enough and the fork would not reach him.
One day at the beginning of winter, an unpleasant incident happened in our small group. We were sent to the airfield for parachute jumps. In this kind of training, we were timid newcomers compared to Zhora Grechko, who already had considerable "parachute" experience. Either he decided to show us his high class, or simply unlucky, but having landed, one day he remained lying, without unfastening the parachute.
We ran up, we heard a groan: "Leg, leg ..." It turned out - a serious fracture. I had to send him by plane to Moscow, and there to the hospital.
After returning from the jumps, we first visited George. He looked, frankly speaking, depressing: his leg in a cast was lifted up on the headboard. True, he is doing well, joking.
Well, did you bring the cognac? - asks in all seriousness.
What are you, Zhora, is it possible?
The doctor told me that in order to get better faster, I have to drink eggnog. Do you know what a mogul-mogul is for an adult, - laughs Georgy, - this is a mixture of egg yolk with brandy!
Fortunately, everything worked out for him without a mogul. The bone healed, and over time, the doctors removed all restrictions. And what kind of cosmonaut Georgy Grechko became, everyone knows, in particular, by his long and successful work at the Salyut-6 orbital station.
In November 1966, our small group was replenished with "recruits" Oleg Makarov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Nikolai Rukavishnikov.
January 7, 1935 - February 19, 2014. Cosmonaut of Russia. Born on January 7, 1935 in the town of Vyazniki, Vladimir Region, in the family of an employee. In the same place in 1952 he graduated from high school with a silver medal. While still in school, he dreamed of building airplanes, so he entered the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Moscow Aviation Institute the same year. He graduated from the institute in 1958 and was assigned to work in OKB-1 (KB Korolev) in the ballistics department. In 1966 he was enlisted in the detachment of Soviet cosmonauts (1966 Group of civilian specialists No. 5). Passed full course preparation for flights aboard Soyuz-class spacecraft. Prepared for the lunar program of the USSR. He was a member of the backup crew of the Soyuz-2 spacecraft (together with Andrian Grigorievich NIKOLAEV and Viktor Vasilievich GORBATKO), the launch of which was scheduled for April 24, 1967. Due to malfunctions on board the Soyuz-1 spacecraft, the launch of the Soyuz-2 spacecraft was canceled. He was a member of the backup crew of the Soyuz-5 spacecraft (together with Anatoly Vasilyevich FILIPCHENKO and Viktor Vasilyevich GORBATKO) during the launch on January 15, 1969. He made his first space flight on October 11-16, 1969 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft (together with Georgy Stepanovich SHONIN). During the flight, he was the first in the world to conduct welding experiments in space. The duration of stay in space was 4 days 22 hours 42 minutes 47 seconds. Later, he underwent training for flights aboard the Salyut-type orbital station (DOS). He was a member of the backup crew of the Soyuz-10 spacecraft (together with Alexei Arkhipovich LEONOV and Peter Ivanovich KOLODIN) during the launch on April 22, 1971. He underwent training as a member of the Soyuz-11 prime crew (together with Alexei Arkhipovich LEONOV and Pyotr Ivanovich KOLODIN). Due to medical problems with Kubasov, the entire crew was suspended from the flight and their backup was sent into space. In 1973 he was included in one of the crews undergoing training under the Soviet-American Space Flight Program (ASF). He made his second space flight from July 15 to July 21, 1975 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (together with Alexei Arkhipovich LEONOV) under the ASTP program. During the flight, the world's first docking of two manned spacecraft from different countries, the Soviet Soyuz-19 and the American Apollo, was carried out. The duration of stay in space was 5 days 22 hours 30 minutes 51 seconds. Later, he underwent training for flights under the program of cooperation with the socialist countries "Intercosmos". He was a member of the Soviet-Polish backup crew (together with the Polish cosmonaut Zenon JANKOWSKI) of the Soyuz-30 spacecraft during the launch on June 27, 1978. He began his third space flight on May 26, 1980 as the commander of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (together with the Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan FARKAS). He worked on board the Salyut-7 - Soyuz-35 orbital complex (crew Leonid Ivanovich POPOV and Valery Viktorovich RYUMIN) - Soyuz-36. He returned to Earth on June 3, 1980 in the Soyuz-35 spacecraft. The duration of stay in space was 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes 44 seconds. For 3 flights into space flew 18 days 17 hours 59 minutes 22 seconds. In 1980 he left the cosmonaut corps and worked as a deputy head of a department at RSC Energia. On February 19, 2014 he died at the age of 80.
Candidate of Technical Sciences (1968)
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 22, 1969 and July 22, 1975). He was awarded three Orders of Lenin and medals. Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic. He was awarded the K.E. Tsiolkovsky gold medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Yu.A. Gagarin gold medal (FAI). He was awarded the gold medal "For services in the development of science and before humanity" (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) and the medal "People's technology" (Yugoslavia). Honorary Citizen of the cities of Kaluga, Vladimir, Vyazniki (Russia), Karaganda, Arkalyk (Kazakhstan), New York, Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Nashville, Salt Lake City (USA).
| Information about the astronaut | |
| Number in order | 40 |
| The country | Russia |
| Date of Birth | 07.01.1935 |
| Flights on manned spaceships | ||||||
| Flight number | Starting QC | Start date and time | Landing KK | Pick up date and time | Plaque for flight | Total plaque |
| 1 | Soyuz-6 | 11h 09m 10/11/1969 | Soyuz-6 | 09h 52m 10/16/1969 | 4s 22h 43m | 4s 22h 43m |
| 2 | Soyuz 19 | 12h 20m 03s 07/15/1975 | Soyuz 19 | 10h 50m 54s 07/21/1975 | 5s 22h 30m 51s | 10s 21h 13m 51s |
| 3 | Soyuz-36 | 18h 21m 05/26/1980 | Soyuz 35 | 15h 07m 06/03/1980 | 7s 20h 46m | 18s 17h 59m |
(all dates are in Greenwich Mean Time)
Spaceship "Soyuz-6" ("Soyuz-6")
| BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHIP | |
| Registration number | 1969-083A / 04122 |
| 11h 09m 10/11/1969 | |
| Start place | Baikonur, site 31 |
| Booster rocket | Union |
| Ship mass (kg) | 6577 |
| Initial parameters of the orbit: | |
| - orbital inclination (degree) | 51.68 |
| - circulation period (minutes) | 88.37 |
| - perigee (km) | 186.2 |
| - apogee (km) | 222.8 |
| 09h 52m 10/16/1969 | |
| Landing place | 180 km north-west Karaganda |
| Flight duration | 4s 22h 43m |
| Distance traveled (km) | 3.315 million |
| 80 | |
| Crew of the ship (at start) | Shonin Georgy Stepanovich |
| Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich | |
| Crew call sign | Antaeus |
| Backup crew | Shatalov Vladimir Alexandrovich |
| Eliseev Alexey Stanislavovich | |
| Support crew | |
| Crew of the ship (when landing) | Shonin Georgy Stepanovich |
| Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich | |
| Briefly about the flight | Group flight (from Soyuz-7 and Soyuz-8) of two and three spacecraft with maneuvering and rendezvous in orbit. First welding in space. |
Spaceship "Soyuz-19" ("Soyuz-19")
| BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHIP | |
| Registration number | 1975-065A / 08030 |
| Start date and time (UTC) | 12h 20m 03s 07/15/1975 |
| Start place | Baikonur, site 1 |
| Booster rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Ship mass (kg) | 6790 |
| Initial parameters of the orbit: | |
| - orbital inclination (degree) | 51.78 |
| - circulation period (minutes) | 88.53 |
| - perigee (km) | 186.5 |
| - apogee (km) | 222.1 |
| Landing date and time (UTC) | 10h 50m 54s 07/21/1975 |
| Landing place | 87 km north-east Arkalyk (57.7 N; 67.1 E) (54 NW Akralyk?) |
| Flight duration | 5s 22h 30m 51s |
| Distance traveled (km) | 3.98 million |
| Number of turns around the Earth | 96 |
| Crew of the ship (at start) | Leonov Alexey Arkhipovich |
| Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich | |
| Crew call sign | Union |
| Backup crew | Filipchenko Anatoly Vasilievich |
| Rukavishnikov Nikolay Nikolaevich | |
| Support crew | Romanenko Yuri Viktorovich |
| Ivanchenkov Alexander Sergeevich | |
| Andreev Boris Dmitrievich | |
| Crew of the ship (when landing) | Leonov Alexey Arkhipovich |
| Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich | |
| Briefly about the flight | First international space flight (with Apollo 18). 2 docking of ships, mutual transitions of astronauts. Collaborative and autonomous experiments. |
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHIP
| the date | Time (UT) | Explanation |
| 15.07.1975 | 12:20:03 | launch of spacecraft Soyuz-19 (crew: Leonov, Kubasov) |
| 15.07.1975 | 19:50:01 | launch of Apollo 18 spacecraft (crew: Stafford, Brand, Slayton) |
| 17.07.1975 | 16:09 | |
| 17.07.1975 | 16:09 | |
| 19.07.1975 | 12:03 | undocking of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (crew: Leonov, Kubasov) from the Apollo-18 spacecraft; the ships were docked for a total of 46h.47m. |
| 19.07.1975 | 12:03 | undocking of the Apollo-18 spacecraft (crew: Stafford, Brand,) Slayton) from the Soyuz-19 spacecraft |
| 19.07.1975 | 12:34 | docking of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (crew: Leonov, Kubasov) with the Apollo-18 spacecraft |
| 19.07.1975 | 12:34 | docking of the Apollo-18 spacecraft (crew: Stafford, Brand, Slayton) with the Soyuz-19 spacecraft |
| 19.07.1975 | 15:26 | undocking of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (crew: Leonov, Kubasov) from the Apollo-18 spacecraft |
| 19.07.1975 | 15:26 | undocking of Apollo-18 spacecraft (crew: Stafford, Brand, Slayton) from Soyuz-19 spacecraft |
| 21.07.1975 | ? | braking impulse of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (crew: Leonov, Kubasov) |
| 21.07.1975 | 10:50:54 | landing of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (crew: Leonov, Kubasov) |
Spaceship "Soyuz-36" ("Soyuz-36")
| BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHIP | |
| Registration number | 1980-041A / 11811 |
| Start date and time (UTC) | 18h 21m 05/26/1980 |
| Start place | Baikonur, site 1 |
| Booster rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Ship mass (kg) | 6800 |
| Initial parameters of the orbit: | |
| - orbital inclination (degree) | 51.62 |
| - circulation period (minutes) | 89.0 |
| - perigee (km) | 197.5 |
| - apogee (km) | 281.9 |
| Landing date and time (UTC) | 15h 15m 07/31/1980 |
| Landing place | 140 km south-east. Dzhezkazgan |
| Flight duration | 65s 20h 54m |
| Distance traveled (km) | 5.228 million |
| Number of turns around the Earth | 124 |
| Crew of the ship (at start) | Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich |
| Farkas Bertalan | |
| Crew call sign | Orion |
| Backup crew | Dzhanibekov Vladimir Alexandrovich |
| Magyari Bela | |
| Support crew | |
| Crew of the ship (when landing) | Gorbatko Viktor Vasilievich |
| Pham Tuan | |
| Briefly about the flight | 9th expedition to Salyut-6. 5th international crew. Return by the 8th expedition ship (Soyuz-35). |
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHIP
| the date | Time (UT) | Explanation |
| 26.05.1980 | 18:21 | launch of spacecraft Soyuz-36 (crew: Kubasov, Farkash) |
| 27.05.1980 | 19:56 | docking of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (crew: Kubasov, Farkash) from the side of the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-35 complex |
| Crew of the Salyut-6 station after docking: Popov, Ryumin, Kubasov, Farkash | ||
| 03.06.1980 | 11:50 | undocking of the Soyuz-35 spacecraft (crew: Kubasov, Farkash) from the FS of the BB complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-36" |
| 03.06.1980 | ? | braking impulse of spacecraft "Soyuz-35" (crew: Kubasov, Farkash) |
| 03.06.1980 | 15:07 | landing of the Soyuz-35 spacecraft (crew: Kubasov, Farkash) |
| 04.06.1980 | ? | undocking (redocking to another docking node) of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (crew: Popov, Ryumin) from the Salyut-6 station JSC |
| Station "Salyut-6" left without a crew | ||
| 04.06.1980 | ? | docking (re-docking to another docking hub) of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (crew: Popov, Ryumin) from the side of the PkhO of the BB of the Salyut-6 station |
| The crew of the Salyut-6 station after docking: Popov, Ryumin | ||
| 05.06.1980 | 14:19 | launch of SC "Soyuz-T2" (crew: Malyshev, Aksenov) |
| 06.06.1980 | 15:58 | docking of the Soyuz-T2 spacecraft (crew: Malyshev, Aksenov) from the side of the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 complex |
| Crew of the Salyut-6 station after docking: Popov, Ryumin, Malyshev, Aksenov | ||
| 09.06.1980 | ? | undocking of the Soyuz-T2 spacecraft (crew: Malyshev, Aksenov) from the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 complex |
| Crew of the Salyut-6 station after undocking: Popov, Ryumin | ||
| 09.06.1980 | ? | braking impulse of spacecraft Soyuz-T2 (crew: Malyshev, Aksenov) |
| 09.06.1980 | 12:38 | landing of the Soyuz-T2 spacecraft (crew: Malyshev, Aksenov) |
| 29.06.1980 | 04:40:42 | launch of SC "Progress-10" |
| 01.07.1980 | 05:53 | docking of the Progress-10 spacecraft from the side of the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 complex |
| 17.07.1980 | 22:21 | undocking of the Progress-10 spacecraft from the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 complex |
| 19.07.1980 | 01:47 | braking impulse of the spacecraft Progress-10 |
| 19.07.1980 | ? | the end of the existence of the Progress-10 spacecraft |
| 23.07.1980 | 18:33 | launch of spacecraft Soyuz-37 (crew: Gorbatko, Fam) |
| 24.07.1980 | 20:02 | docking of the Soyuz-37 spacecraft (crew: Gorbatko, Fam) from the side of the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 complex |
| Crew of the Salyut-6 station after docking: Popov, Ryumin, Gorbatko, Fam | ||
| 31.07.1980 | ? | undocking of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (crew: Gorbatko, Fam) from the FS of the BB of the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-37 complex |
| The crew of the Salyut-6 station after undocking: Popov, Ryumin | ||
| 31.07.1980 | ? | braking impulse of SC "Soyuz-36" (crew: Gorbatko, Fam) |
| 31.07.1980 | 15:15 | landing of spacecraft Soyuz-36 (crew: Gorbatko, Fam) |