Soyuz 27 (Russian: Союз 27, Union 27) was a 1978 Soviet manned space flight to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station. It was the third manned flight to the station, and the second successful docking. It was also the first crew to visit an occupied station and marked the first time that three spacecraft were docked together.
The main function of the mission was to swap Soyuz craft with the orbiting crew, in so doing freeing a docking port for a fort...
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Soyuz 27 (Russian: Союз 27, Union 27) was a 1978 Soviet manned space flight to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station. It was the third manned flight to the station, and the second successful docking. It was also the first crew to visit an occupied station and marked the first time that three spacecraft were docked together.
The main function of the mission was to swap Soyuz craft with the orbiting crew, in so doing freeing a docking port for a forthcoming supply tanker. Cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Oleg Makarov returned to earth in the Soyuz 26 spacecraft after spending five days on the station.
The Soyuz 27 crew comprised the original prime and back-up commanders for the scheduled East German Intercosmos mission. Dzhanibekov and Makarov were reassigned as a result of the Soyuz 25 dock failure and the new rule that no all-rookie crew was allowed to fly. Soyuz 27 was launched with its two-man crew on 10 January, 1978. Its primary goal was to swap ships with the resident Soyuz 26...
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