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crewed spacecraft which flew to the orbiting

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space station, during the mission EP-1. It was the third crewed flight to the station, the second successful docking and the first visitation mission. Once docked, it marked the first time that three spacecraft were docked together. The main function of the EP-1 mission was to swap Soyuz craft with the orbiting crew, in so doing freeing a docking port for a forthcoming supply tanker.

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and Oleg Makarov returned to Earth in the

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spacecraft after spending five days on the station. The descent module is displayed at the

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Crew

Backup crew

Mission parameters

* Mass: * Perigee: * Apogee: * Inclination: 51.65° * Period: 88.73 minutes

References

External links

* {{Orbital launches in 1978 Crewed Soyuz missions 1978 in the Soviet Union Spacecraft launched in 1978 Spacecraft which reentered in 1978 Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets