launched fromRussia

Soyuz 10

Name: Soyuz 10
Start: 1971-04-22T23:54:00Z
Location: Baikonur

Failure

APR 22197123:54:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Docking system malfunction prevented docking with Salyut 1.

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Docking system malfunction prevented docking with Salyut 1.

LIFTOFF

APR 22 1971

23:54:00 UTC

Failure

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz 7K-OKS into LEO

Payload

Soyuz 10

Crew

Ascending

01 Vladimir Shatalov from Russia
02 Aleksei Yeliseyev from Russia
03 Nikolai Rukavishnikov from Russia

Descending

01 Vladimir Shatalov from Russia
02 Aleksei Yeliseyev from Russia
03 Nikolai Rukavishnikov from Russia

Docking

attempted to dock with Salyut 1

returned to Earth Apr 24, 1971 23:40 UTC

Soft-docked with Salyut 1 but the crew were unable to achieve a hard dock — the probe jammed and the latches wouldn't close, so they never boarded. The station's port was undamaged.