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> "With the station back up and running, the crew of Soyuz T-13 was no longer on a rescue mission. It was time for them to settle in. Dzhanibekov remained in or
by billforsternz 3y ago
> "With the station back up and running, the crew of Soyuz T-13 was no longer on a rescue mission. It was time for them to settle in. Dzhanibekov remained in orbit for 110 days, while Savinykh spent 168 days on the station (they returned home aboard different, subsequently launched, Soyuz flights)."
How could they both return home on different Soyuz flights? In other words, what happened to the Soyuz they arrived in?
- ericbarrett 3y agoSoyuz can fit 3 but can be flown with less (modern Soyuz can be unmanned). They arrived on Soyuz T-13; later, T-14 arrived with a relief crew of 3; T-15 came with 2. So that's 7 cosmonauts lofted with 9 seats. (T-15 actually docked with both Salut 7 and Mir, the first spacecraft to ever dock with two different stations on the same mission.)
- billforsternz 3y agoBe interesting, thanks.
- billforsternz 3y agoSorry I meant, very interesting of course.
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