launched from Russia

Soyuz 29

Success
JUN 15197820:16:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Docked with Salyut 6.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz U into LEO

Payload

Soyuz 29

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Vladimir Kovalyonok from Russia
  • 02 Aleksandr Ivanchenkov from Russia
Descending
  • 01 Valery Bykovsky from Russia
  • 02 Sigmund Jähn from Germany

At the station

docked at Salyut 6

returned to Earth Sep 3, 1978