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Kosmos 672 (russian: Космос 672 meaning ''Cosmos 672'') was the second uncrewed test of the ASTP Soyuz spacecraft. Also had
Mir Hardware Heritage - NASA report (PDF format)
** Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource) Kosmos 0672 1974 in the Soviet Union Spacecraft launched in 1974 Soyuz uncrewed test flights Apollo–Soyuz Test Project {{USSR-spacecraft-stub
Kosmos 672 (russian: Космос 672 meaning ''Cosmos 672'') was the second uncrewed test of the ASTP Soyuz spacecraft. Also had APAS-75
The terms Androgynous Peripheral Attach System (APAS), Androgynous Peripheral Assembly System (APAS) and Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS), are used interchangeably to describe a family of spacecraft docking mechanisms, and are also so ...
androgynous docking system.
This was preceded by another uncrewed test of this spacecraft type, Kosmos 638
Kosmos 638 (russian: Космос 638) was an uncrewed test of the 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Soyuz. It carried an APAS-75 androgynous docking system.
This was followed by another uncrewed test of this spacecraft type, Kosmos 672. It was a ...
. It was a Soyuz 7K-TM
The 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project version of the Soyuz spacecraft (Soyuz 7K-TM) served as a technological bridge to the third generation Soyuz-T (T - транспортный, ''Transportnyi'' meaning transport) spacecraft (1976–1986).
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spacecraft.
Mission parameters
*Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-TM *Mass: 6510 to 6680 kg *Crew: None *Launched: August 12, 1974 *Landed: August 18, 1974References
*Mir Hardware HeritageMir Hardware Heritage - NASA report (PDF format)
** Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource) Kosmos 0672 1974 in the Soviet Union Spacecraft launched in 1974 Soyuz uncrewed test flights Apollo–Soyuz Test Project {{USSR-spacecraft-stub