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Soyuz 27 • Salyut 6 | March 10-16, 1978 |
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Salyut 6 | March 16-June 16, 1978 |
2.7.3.2 Salyut 6 Principal Expedition 2
Vladimir Kovalyonok, Alexandr Ivanchenkov
Crew code name—Foton
Launched in Soyuz 29, June 15, 1978
Landed in Soyuz 31, November 2, 1978
140 days in space
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Soyuz 29 • Salyut 6 | June 16-29, 1978 | |
| The Fotons start work aboard Salyut 6. Upon arriving at Salyut 6, Kovalyonok and Ivanchenkov switched on the station’s air regenerators and thermal regulation system, and activated the water recycling system to reprocess water left aboard by the Tamyrs. De-mothballing Salyut 6 occurred simultaneously with the crew’s adaptation to weightlessness, and required about one week. On June 19 Salyut 6 was in a 368 km by 338 km orbit. Onboard temperature was 20°C, and air pressure was 750 mm/Hg. Soon after this, Kovalyonok and Ivanchenkov performed maintenance on the station’s airlock, installed equipment they brought with them in Soyuz 29’s orbital module, and tested the station’s Kaskad orientation system. The station operated in gravity-gradient stabilized mode June 24-26 to avoid attitude control system engine firings which could cause interference with a 3-day smelting experiment using the Splav-01 furnace. The previous crew installed the furnace in the intermediate compartment so it could operate in vacuum.[1] | |||
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Soyuz 29 • Salyut 6 • Soyuz 30 | June 16-29, 1978 | |
| Poland in space. Miroslaw Hermaszewski, the second Intercosmos cosmonaut, flew to Salyut 6 with Pyotr Klimuk. His experiment program stressed life sciences, Earth observations, and study of the aurora borealis. | |||
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Soyuz 29 • Salyut 6 | July 5-9, 1978 |
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Soyuz 29 • Salyut 6 • Progress 2 | July 9-August 2, 1978 |
- ↑ Gordon Hooper, “Missions to Salyut 6,” Spaceflight, March 1979, pp. 127-129.
