List of Almaz Flights

Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Position
Soyuz 14* July 3, 1974
(18:51 GMT)
July 19, 1974
(12:21 GMT)
Pavel Popovich USSR M Commander
Yuri Artyukhin USSR M Flight Engineer

Soyuz 15** August 26, 1974
(19:58 GMT)
August 28, 1974
(20:10 GMT)
Gennadi Sarafanov USSR M Commander
Lev Dyomin USSR M Flight Engineer

Soyuz 21*** July 6, 1976
(12:08 GMT)
August 24, 1976
(18:33 GMT)
Boris Volynov USSR M Commander
Vitali Zholobov USSR M Flight Engineer

Soyuz 23**** October 14, 1976
(17:39 GMT)
October 16, 1976
(17:45 GMT)
Vyacheslav Zudov USSR M Commander
Valeri Rozhdestvensky USSR M Flight Engineer

Soyuz 24*** February 7, 1977
(16:12 GMT)
February 25, 1977
(09:38 GMT)
Viktor Gorbatko USSR M Commander
Yuri Glazkov USSR M Flight Engineer

Almaz Backup Crews
Flight Flight Crew First Backup Crew Additional Backup Crews
Soyuz 14 Pavel Popovich Boris Volynov Gennadi Sarafanov Vyacheslav Zudov
Yuri Artyukhin Vitali Zholobov Lev Dyomin Valeri Rozhdestvensky

Soyuz 15 Gennadi Sarafanov Vyacheslav Zudov - -
Lev Dyomin Valeri Rozhdestvensky - -

Soyuz 21 Boris Volynov Vyacheslav Zudov Gorbatko, Viktor Berezovoy, Anatoli
Vitali Zholobov Valeri Rozhdestvensky Yuri Glazkov Mikhail Lisun

Soyuz 23 Vyacheslav Zudov Viktor Gorbatko Anatoli Berezovoy -
Valeri Rozhdestvensky Yuri Glazkov Mikhail Lisun -

Soyuz 24 Viktor Gorbatko Anatoli Berezovoy Vladimir Kozelsky -
Yuri Glazkov Mikhail Lisun Vladimir Preobrazhensky -

Note: The Almaz space stations were Salyut 2, Salyut 3, and Salyut 5.
Salyut 2 was launched on April 3, 1973, and failed in orbit before the first crew was launched. The space station's orbit decayed on May 28, 1973.
Salyut 3 was launched on June 25, 1974, and deorbited on January 25, 1975.
* Soyuz 14 and Soyuz 15 were missions to Salyut 3.
** Soyuz 15 failed to dock with Salyut 3.
Salyut 5 was launched on June 22, 1976, and deorbited on August 8, 1977.
*** Soyuz 21, Soyuz 23 and Soyuz 24 were missions to Salyut 5.
**** Soyuz 23 failed to dock with Salyut 5.

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