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Soyuz 30
Soyuz U · Human Exploration
Jun 27, 1978 · 15:27 UTC1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
Soyuz 30 was the fifth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the the EP-3 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 29 resident crew. The mission began on June 27, 1978, 15:27:21 UTC, launching Commander Pyotr Klimuk and Research Engineer Mirosław Hermaszewski, the first Polish cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, crew conducted various scientific and medical experiments. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on July 5, 1978, 13:30:20 UTC.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- 1/5
- NET precision
- Second
- Data source
- LL2