launched from Russia

Soyuz 31

Success
AUG 26197814:51:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Docked with Salyut 6.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz 7K-T into LEO

Crew

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

At the station

docked at Salyut 6

returned to Earth Nov 2, 1978