launched byRussia

Soyuz 33

Name: Soyuz 33
Start: 1979-04-10T17:34:00Z
Location: Baikonur

Success

APR 10197917:34:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Failed to dock with Salyut 6.

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Failed to dock with Salyut 6.

LIFTOFF

APR 10 1979

17:34:00 UTC

Success

launched from Pad 31/6 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz U into LEO

Spacecraft

Soyuz 7K-T Soyuz 33

Crew

Ascending

01 Nikolay Rukavishnikov from Russia
02 Georgi Ivanov from Bulgaria

Descending

01 Nikolay Rukavishnikov from Russia
02 Georgi Ivanov from Bulgaria

Docking

attempted to dock with Salyut 6

returned to Earth Apr 12, 1979

Docking failed when the main engine (KTDU) shut down early during the approach burn — the Igla rendezvous system itself worked. The deorbit burn was made on the backup engine.