List of Soviet human spaceflight missions

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This is a list of the human spaceflight missions conducted by the Soviet space program. These missions belong to the Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz space programs.

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The first patch from the Soviet Space Program was worn by Valentina Tereshkova, [1] then the same patch for the Voskhod 2, Soyuz 4/5 and Soyuz 11, [2] Soyuz 3 had an official insignia that wasn't worn during the flight, [3] and then in the Apollo–Soyuz program. After that and until Soyuz TM-12 "Juno" flight mission patches had been designed only for international missions. [4]

Vostok program

MissionPatchLaunchDurationLandingPilotNotes
Vostok 1 12 April 19611 h 48 m12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin First man in space; first human orbital flight [5]
Vostok 2 6 August 19611 d 1 h 18 m7 August 1961 German Titov First full day in space [6]
Vostok 3 11 August 19623 d 22 h 22 m15 August 1962 Andriyan Nikolayev First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft [7] [8]
Vostok 4 12 August 19622 d 22 h 56 m15 August 1962 Pavel Popovich
Vostok 5 14 June 19634 d 23 h 7 m19 June 1963 Valery Bykovsky Joint mission with Vostok 6; longest solo orbital flight [9]
Vostok 6 Vostok 6 patch.jpg 16 June 19632 d 22 h 50 m19 June 1963 Valentina Tereshkova Joint mission with Vostok 5; first woman in space [10]

Voskhod program

MissionPatchLaunchDurationLandingCrewNotes
Voskhod 1 12 October 19641 d 0 h 17 m 3 s13 October 1964 Vladimir Komarov Konstantin Feoktistov Boris Yegorov First spacecraft to carry a multiperson crew.
Voskhod 2 Zvezda Rocket Patch.svg 18 March 19651 d 2 h 2 m 17 s19 March 1965 Pavel Belyayev Alexei Leonov First walk in space.

Soyuz program

First Soyuz missions to Salyut 1 (1967–1971)

OrderMissionPatchLaunchDurationLandingCrewNotes
1 Soyuz 1 23 April 19671 d 2 h 47 m 52 s24 April 1967 V. Komarov Cosmonaut died in crash-landing.
2 Soyuz 3 Soyuz 3 patch.png 26 October 19683 d 22 h 50 m 45 s30 October 1968 G. Beregovoy Rendezvous with uncrewed Soyuz 2, failed docking.
3 Soyuz 4 Zvezda Rocket Patch.svg 14 January 19692 d 23 h 20 m 47 s17 January 1969 V. Shatalov A. Yeliseyev
landing
Ye. Khrunov
landing
Docked with Soyuz 5. Crew transfer.
4 Soyuz 5 Zvezda Rocket Patch.svg 15 January 19693 d 0 h 54 m 15 s18 January 1969 B. Volynov A. Yeliseyev
launch
Ye. Khrunov
launch
Docked with Soyuz 4. Crew transfer.
5 Soyuz 6 11 October 19694 d 22 h 42 m 47 s16 October 1969 G. Shonin V. Kubasov Joint mission with Soyuz 7 & 8.
6 Soyuz 7 12 October 19694 d 22 h 40 m 23 s17 October 1969 A. Filipchenko V. Volkov V. Gorbatko Joint mission with Soyuz 6 & 8.
7 Soyuz 8 13 October 19694 d 22 h 50 m 49 s18 October 1969 V. Shatalov A. Yeliseyev Joint mission with Soyuz 6 & 7.
8 Soyuz 9 Vimpel 'Diamond'.jpg 1 June 197017 d 16 h 58 m 55 s19 June 1970 A. Nikolayev V. Sevastyanov Cosmonaut endurance test.
9 Soyuz 10 23 April 19711 d 23 h 44 m 54 s25 April 1971 V. Shatalov A. Yeliseyev N. Rukavishnikov Failed to dock with Salyut 1.
10 Soyuz 11 Zvezda Rocket Patch.svg 6 June 197123 d 18 h 21 m 43 s30 June 1971 G. Dobrovolsky V. Patsayev V. Volkov Visited Salyut 1. All cosmonauts aboard died in reentry from asphyxiation.

1973–1977

MissionOrderPatchLaunchDurationLandingCrewNotes
11 Soyuz 12 Salyut program insignia.svg 27 September 19731 d 23 h 15 m 32 s29 September 1973 V. Lazarev O. Makarov Test of redesigned two-person Soyuz craft.
12 Soyuz 13 Vimpel 'Diamond'.jpg 18 December 19737 d 20 h 55 m 35 s26 December 1973 V. Lebedev P. Klimuk Carried Orion 2 Space Observatory.
13 Soyuz 14 Vimpel 'Diamond'.jpg 3 July 197415 d 17 h 30 m 28 s19 July 1974 Yu. Artyukhin P. Popovich Visited Salyut 3.
14 Soyuz 15 Salyut program insignia.svg 26 August 19742 d 0 h 12 m 11 s28 August 1974 L. Dyomin G. Sarafanov Failed to dock with Salyut 3.
15 Soyuz 16 Soyuz 16Apollo-Soyuz.png 2 December 19745 d 22 h 23 m 35 s8 December 1974 A. Filipchenko N. Rukavishnikov Test of redesigned Soyuz craft.
16 Soyuz 17 Vimpel 'Diamond'.jpg 11 January 197529 d 13 h 19 m 45 s10 February 1975 G. Grechko A. Gubarev Visited Salyut 4 (1).
17 Soyuz 18a 5 April 19750 d 0 h 21 m 27 s5 April 1975 V. Lazarev O. Makarov Launch failure, did not reach Salyut 4.
18 Soyuz 18 Vimpel 'Diamond'.jpg 24 May 197562 d 23 h 20 m 8 s26 July 1975 P. Klimuk V. Sevastyanov Visited Salyut 4 (2).
19 Soyuz 19 15 July 19755 d 22 h 31 m21 July 1975 A. Leonov V. Kubasov Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: first docking with American spacecraft
20 Soyuz 21 Salyut program insignia.svg 6 July 197649 d 6 h 23 m 32 s24 August 1976 B. Volynov V. Zholobov Visited Salyut 5 (1), departed early.
21 Soyuz 22 Salyut program insignia.svg 15 September 19767 d 21 h 52 m 17 s23 September 1976 V. Bykovsky V. Aksyonov Earth imaging mission – as of 2021 last flight of a Soyuz spacecraft not targeted for a space station.
22 Soyuz 23 Salyut program insignia.svg 14 October 19762 d 0 h 6 m 35 s16 October 1976 V. Zudov V. Rozhdestvensky Failed to dock with Salyut 5. Near-disastrous landing in icy lake.
23 Soyuz 24 Salyut program insignia.svg 7 February 197717 d 17 h 26 m 0 s25 February 1977 V. Gorbatko Yu. Glazkov Visited Salyut 5 (2).

Salyut 6 to Salut 7 (1977–1986)

Crewed Soyuz-TM Mir missions (1987–1991)

For subsequent Soyuz missions conducted by the Russian Federal Space Agency, see List of Russian human spaceflight missions.

Notes

1 Commercially funded cosmonaut or other "spaceflight participant".

See also

References

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