This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Soyuz
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Mission Brief
Soyuz 5 mission started with the launch on January 15, 1969, 07:04:57 UTC, carrying Commander Boris Volynov, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov and Research Engineer Pyotr Kolodin into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 5 docked with Soyuz 4 spacecraft. Since no connecting tunel had been developed yet, the two cosmonauts had to spacewalk from one vehicle to another. The mission concluded with a hard landing back on Earth on January 18, 1969, 07:59:12 UTC.
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Launch Site
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
