28 May 2022

Soyouz T 5

 

By Astrophilatelie Martin

Soyouz T 5 May 13, 1982. Cosmonauts Anatoli Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev (USSR). Arrival at the Saliout 7 orbital station on May 14, 1982. First maintenance crew aboard Saliout 7. Back on December 10, 1982 for a flight of 211 days 9 hours 4 minutes and 3,344 Earth orbits.









26 May 2022

Soyouz 40

 


By Astrophilatelie Martin

Soyouz 40 spacecraft launched on May 14, 1981, with Soviet Leonid Popov and Romania's first cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu.

Mooring at Saliout 6/ Soyouz T 4 on May 15. Standard type Soyouz Intercosmos mission Back on May 22, 1981 for a flight of 7 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes, and 124 land revolutions.

Soyouz 40 is the last ship to docked at Saliout 6 station and also the last original Soyouz class vessel to be subsequently replaced by the Soyouz T.











25 May 2022

Skylab laboratory station

 

By Astrophilatelie Martin

Skylab laboratory station (90,607 kg), launched on 14 May 1973 from Cape Canaveral firing range 39A using a Saturn V rocket. Life span: 2,249 days (including 171 days of human occupation). Placing in orbit from 434 to 442 km. Number of orbits around Earth: 34,981 orbits. It disintegrates upon entering Earth's atmosphere on July 11, 1979.