Monday, May 14, 2018

Soyuz 40 launched 1981

Soyuz 40 crew: Leonid Popov, Dumitru Prunariu

Mission patch

Soyuz 40, launched May 14, 1981, was the final flight of the Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft, since it was being replaced by the newer, better Soyuz-T.  It was also the last spacecraft to dock with Salyut 6.

Its crew consisted of Commander Leonid Popov and Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu.  They returned to Earth almost 8 days later on May 22.

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