Soyuz 7 Mission

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Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

12 Oct 1969, 10:44am

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

Vehicle

Spacecraft Stage

Soyuz

Crew

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Anatoly Filipchenko

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Vladislav Volkov

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Viktor Gorbatko

Mission

Soyuz 7

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Soyuz 7 was a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. The mission was to dock with Soyuz 8 and transfer crew. Docking to Soyuz 8 failed so the mission was aborted. The mission was Commanded by Anatoly Filipchenko, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov, and Research Engineer Viktor Gorbatko.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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