launched byRussia

Soyuz 3

Name: Soyuz 3
Start: 1968-10-26T08:34:00Z
Location: Baikonur

Success

OCT 26196808:34:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Georgy Beregovoy.

Failed to dock with Soyuz 2.

Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Georgy Beregovoy.

Failed to dock with Soyuz 2.

LIFTOFF

OCT 26 1968

08:34:00 UTC

Success

launched from Pad 31/6 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz into LEO

Spacecraft

Soyuz 7K-OK (active) Soyuz 3

Crew

Ascending

01 Georgy Beregovoy from Russia

Descending

01 Georgy Beregovoy from Russia

Docking

attempted to dock with Soyuz 2

returned to Earth Oct 30, 1968 07:25 UTC

Automatic Igla rendezvous succeeded, but the manual docking failed — Beregovoy approached with Soyuz 3 rolled about 180° out of alignment and ran its orientation fuel down.