launched from Russia

Soyuz T-15

Success
MAR 13198612:33:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Docked with Mir and Salyut 7.

First spacecraft to dock with two space stations.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz T into LEO

Payload

Soyuz T-15

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Leonid Kizim from Russia
  • 02 Vladimir Solovyov from Russia
Descending
  • 01 Leonid Kizim from Russia
  • 02 Vladimir Solovyov from Russia

At the station

docked at Mir

returned to Earth Jul 16, 1986

Mir was the first stop, then a transfer to Salyut 7 and back — the only crewed mission ever to dock with two space stations.