Cosmos 212 | April 14-19, 1968 |
Cosmos 213 | April 15-20, 1968 | |
Automated docking between two unmanned Soyuz, similar to the Cosmos 186-Cosmos 188 docking flight. |
Cosmos 238 | August 28-September 1, 1968 | |
Unmanned Soyuz meant either to requalify the Original Soyuz for manned flight after the Soyuz 1 accident or to serve as a docking target for a manned Soyuz spacecraft, launch of which had to be cancelled. Presumably Cosmos 238 would have been renamed Soyuz 2 if the manned craft (which would have been called Soyuz 3) had reached orbit.[1] |
Soyuz 2 | October 25-28, 1968 |
Soyuz 3 | October 26-30, 1968 | |
Georgi Beregevoi Crew code name—Argon Soyuz 3 was the active craft for the docking with the unmanned Soyuz 2 craft. The craft were unable to dock, though automatic systems brought the ships to within 200 m, and Beregovoi brought Soyuz 3 still closer to Soyuz 2 under manual control.[2][3] Before launch the flight was called a prelude to manned space stations.[4] |
Soyuz 4 | January 14-17, 1969 | |
Launch crew—Vladimir Shatalov Crew code name—Amur Landing crew—Vladimir Shatalov, Yevgeni Khrunov, Alexei Yeliseyev |
Soyuz 5 | January 15-18, 1969 | |
Launch crew—Boris Volynov, Yevgeni Khrunov, and Alexei Yeliseyev Crew code name—Baykal |
- ↑ Johnson, 1980, pp. 131-132.
- ↑ Dmitri Payson, “Eternal Soyuz—Today Marks the 25th Anniversary of the First Docking in Orbit,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta, January 15, 1994, p. 6. Translated in JPRS Report, Science and Technology, Central Eurasia: Space, March 22, 1994 (JPRSUSP-94-003), p. 1.
- ↑ Johnson, 1980, p. 148-149.
- ↑ Pravda, November 3, 1968.
- ↑ Johnson, 1980, p. 152.
- ↑ Afanasyev, 1991, pp. 6-7.