Soyuz 14, launched July 3, 1974, was the only successful docking to Salyut 3, since Soyuz 15 failed to dock and the station was de-orbited in 1975. Soyuz 14 crew consisted of Pavel Popovich and Yuri Artyukhin. Their main mission, not known by the West at the time, was to test the suitability of Salyut 3 as a manned military reconnaissance platform.
They returned to Earth July 19.
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