Spacecraft
Soyuz 7K-OK (active) Soyuz 8
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Vladimir Shatalov from Russia
- 02 Aleksey Yeliseyev from Russia
Descending
- 01 Vladimir Shatalov from Russia
- 02 Aleksey Yeliseyev from Russia
Docking
attempted to dock with Soyuz 7
returned to Earth Oct 18, 1969
Docking failed — the Igla automatic rendezvous system never achieved radar lock-on, and the manual attempts that followed also failed.