| Flight | Launch | Landing | Name | Country | Position | |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | |
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| Soyuz 15 | Gennadi Sarafanov | Vyacheslav Zudov | - | - |
| Lev Dyomin | Valeri Rozhdestvensky | - | - | |
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| Soyuz 21 | Boris Volynov | Vyacheslav Zudov | Gorbatko, Viktor | Berezovoy, Anatoli |
| Vitali Zholobov | Valeri Rozhdestvensky | Yuri Glazkov | Mikhail Lisun | |
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| Soyuz 23 | Vyacheslav Zudov | Viktor Gorbatko | Anatoli Berezovoy | - |
| Valeri Rozhdestvensky | Yuri Glazkov | Mikhail Lisun | - | |
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| 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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