Soyuz 12, launched September 27, 1973, was intended to help improve safety for cosmonauts, in light of the tragedy of Soyuz 11. Its crew consisted of Commander Vasili Lazarev and Flight Engineer Oleg Makarov. They wore spacesuits which limited the crew to only two, instead of three.
The original plans were for Soyuz 12 to dock with Salyut 2, but the space station failed. Lazarev and Makarov stayed in space for 2 days before returning to Earth.
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