Highlighting Point

It was Soviet's first long-duration pace missions. The station hosted 16 cosmonaut crews during its approximately five years in orbit, including five crews that stayed for longer than one month

Launched

Sept. 29, 1977

Launched From

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam

Launch Vehicle

Proton booster and upper stage

Instruments Carried

The instruments they used included an infrared telescope, a mapping camera, a radio telescope, an Earth photography camera, a furnace for heating samples, plant growth facilities, a treadmill, cardiology equipment and a gamma ray detector.

Crews Visited

• The first crew was supposed to occupy the station in October 1977 consisting of Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko.

Country

U.S.S.R.

D uration

Five years