launched from Russia

Soyuz T-13

Success
JUN 06198506:39:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Docked with Salyut 7.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz U2 into LEO

Payload

Soyuz T-13

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Vladimir Dzhanibekov from Russia
  • 02 Viktor Savinykh from Russia
Descending
  • 01 Vladimir Dzhanibekov from Russia
  • 02 Georgi Grechko from Russia

At the station

docked at Salyut 7

returned to Earth Sep 26, 1986

Docked manually with the dead, slowly tumbling Salyut 7 — the station had lost power and contact on 11 February 1985 and its Igla transponder was inert. The mission's goal was to bring it back to life.