Soyuz 29 launch crew
Soyuz 29, launched June 15, 1978, was the fourth successful docking with Salyut 6. Its crew consisted of Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. They docked with the space station June 17. Salyut 6 had been vacant for three months since Soyuz 26 left, after their record-setting stay in space. Kovalyonok became the first cosmonaut to visit the same station twice.
About a week later, Soyuz 30 with Pyotr Klimuk and Miroslaw Hermaszewski arrived at the station but returned July 5.
The second visit, Soyuz 31 with Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jahn, arrived at the end of August, bringing food and supplies. The Soyuz 31 crew left in the Soyuz 29 spacecraft and returned to Earth September 3.
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