launched fromRussia

Soyuz T-8

Name: Soyuz T-8
Start: 1983-04-20T13:10:00Z
Location: Baikonur

Failure

APR 20198313:10:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Failed to dock with Salyut 7.

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Failed to dock with Salyut 7.

LIFTOFF

APR 20 1983

13:10:00 UTC

Failure

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz T into LEO

Payload

Soyuz T-8

Crew

Ascending

01 Vladimir Titov from Russia
02 Gennady Strekalov from Russia
03 Aleksandr Serebrov from Russia

Descending

01 Vladimir Titov from Russia
02 Gennady Strekalov from Russia
03 Aleksandr Serebrov from Russia

Docking

attempted to dock with Salyut 7

returned to Earth Apr 24, 1983

Docking failed — the Igla rendezvous antenna was damaged at fairing separation and never deployed; a manual approach was attempted and then abandoned near the station.