| Mission |
Spacecraft |
Crew |
Mission duration [UTC] |
Landing site |
Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events |
| no. |
designation |
callsign (in English) |
|
lift-off |
landing |
|
|
| |
| Soyuz |
|
| 1 |
Soyuz-1 |
Rubin (Ruby) |
1 |
23/04/1967 |
24/04/1967 |
Orenburg |
Soyuz test flight ends with spacecraft in spin move failing to safely land at parachute, killing Vladimir Komarov |
| 2 |
Soyuz-3 |
Argon (Argon) |
1 |
26/10/1968 |
30/10/1968 |
Kazakhstan |
scheduled docking with unmanned Soyuz-2 spacecraft fails; duration 3 days, 22 hrs, 51 min; Georgy Beregovoi |
| 3 |
Soyuz-4 |
Amur |
1 / 3 |
14/01/1969 |
17/10/1969 |
Karaganda |
first successful Soyuz docking with on-orbit crew exchange; duration 2 days, 23 hrs, 2 min; Vladimir Shatalov |
| 4 |
Soyuz-5 |
Baikal |
3 / 1 |
15/01/1969 |
18/10/1969 |
Kustana |
two cosmonauts change over to Soyuz-4; duration 3 days, 8 hrs; Boris Volynov, Yevgeny Khrunov, Aleksei Yeliseyev |
| 5 |
Soyuz-6 |
Antey (Antaeus) |
2 |
11/10/1969 |
16/10/1969 |
Kazakhstan |
first triple mission of Soyuz spacecraft; duration 4 days, 22 hrs, 42 min; Georgy Shonin, Valeri Kubasov |
| 6 |
Soyuz-7 |
Buran (Blizzard) |
3 |
12/10/1969 |
17/10/1969 |
Kazakhstan |
intended docking with Soyuz-8 fails; duration 4 days, 22 hrs, 41 min; Anatoly Filipchenko, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Gorbatko |
| 7 |
Soyuz-8 |
Granit (Granite) |
2 |
13/10/1969 |
18/10/1969 |
Kazakhstan |
test trials for first space station Salyut-1; duration 4 days, 22 hrs, 50 min; Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev |
| 8 |
Soyuz-9 |
Sokol (Falcon) |
2 |
01/06/1970 |
19/06/1970 |
Karaganda |
long endurance flight beating Gemini-7 record; duration 17 days, 17 hrs; Andrian Nikolayev, Vitaly Sevastyanov |
| 9 |
Soyuz-10 |
Granit (Granite) |
3 |
23/04/1971 |
25/04/1971 |
Karaganda |
first docking with Salyut-1, but crew change over fails; Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Nikolai Rukavishnikov |
| 10 |
Soyuz-11 |
Yantar (Amber) |
3 |
06/06/1971 |
30/06/1971 |
Kazakhstan |
first visit to Salyut-1 space station; Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev; capsule depressurizes at reentry killing all three cosmonauts |
| 11 |
Soyuz-12 |
Ural |
2 |
27/09/1973 |
29/09/1973 |
Karaganda |
first test flight of redesigned (two men) Soyuz capsule; Vasily Lazarev, Oleg Makarov; cosmonauts wear space suits during entire flight |
| 12 |
Soyuz-13 |
Kavkaz (Caucasus) |
2 |
18/12/1973 |
26/12/1973 |
Karaganda |
intensive Earth observation program during flight; Pyotr Klimuk, Valentin Lebedev; older Soyuz model used |
| 13 |
Soyuz-14 |
Berkut (Golden Eagle) |
2 |
03/07/1974 |
19/07/1974 |
Kazakhstan |
first visit to (primarily) military Salyut-3 space station; Pavel Popovich, Yuri Artyukhin; new fitness concept for crew |
| 14 |
Soyuz-15 |
Dunay (Danube) |
2 |
26/08/1974 |
28/08/1974 |
Kazakhstan |
docking to Salyut-3 fails which leads to later loss of space station; Gennady Sarafanov, Lev Dyomin; first night landing |
| 15 |
Soyuz-16 |
Buran (Blizzard) |
2 |
02/12/1974 |
08/12/1974 |
Arkalyk |
test of docking system for ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz-Test-Program) mission; Anatoly Filipchenko, Nikolai Rukavishnikov; upgraded Soyuz capsule |
| 16 |
Soyuz-17 |
Zenit (Zenith) |
2 |
11/01/1975 |
09/02/1975 |
Tselinograd |
first visit to Salyut-4 space station; Aleksei Gubarev, Georgy Grechko; longest stay on a space station to date |
| 17 |
Soyuz-18A (Soyuz 18-1) |
Ural |
2 |
05/04/1975 |
05/04/1975 |
Altai mts. |
officially Soyuz 7K-T No.39; Vasily Lazarev, Oleg Makarov; unintended stage separation forces launch abort, safely ends as ballistic flight near Chinese border |
| 18 |
Soyuz-18 |
Kavkaz (Caucasus) |
2 |
24/05/1975 |
26/07/1975 |
Kazakhstan |
second visit to Salyut-4 space station; Pyotr Klimuk, Vitaly Sevastyanov; intensive Earth observation and scientific tasks |
| 19 |
Soyuz-19 |
EPAS (ASTP); Sojus (Soyuz) |
2 |
15/07/1975 |
21/07/1975 |
Kazakhstan |
successful meeting with Apollo-ASTP capsule; Alexei Leonov, Valeri Kubasov; 7 astro-/cosmonauts in three spacecraft in orbit at same time |
| 20 |
Soyuz-21 |
Baikal |
2 |
06/07/1976 |
24/08/1976 |
Kazakhstan |
first visit to military Salyut-5 space station; Boris Volynov, Vitaly Zholobov; two Russian stations (Salyut-4 and -5) in orbit at same time |
| 21 |
Soyuz-22 |
Yastreb (Hawk) |
2 |
15/09/1976 |
23/09/1976 |
Kazakhstan |
military mission; Valery Bykovsky, Vladimir Aksyonov; surveillance flight monitoring NATO manoeuvre in Norway |
| 22 |
Soyuz-23 |
Radon |
2 |
14/10/1976 |
16/10/1976 |
Kazakhstan |
docking to Salyut-5 fails; Vyacheslav Zudov, Valery Rozhdestvensky; storm forces capsule to land on a huge lake, where it's safely rescued |
| 23 |
Soyuz-24 |
Terek |
2 |
07/02/1977 |
25/02/1977 |
Arkalyk |
second and final visit to Salyut-5 space station; Viktor Gorbatko, Yuri Glazkov; manual docking |
| 24 |
Soyuz-25 |
Foton (Photon) |
2 |
09/10/1977 |
11/10/1977 |
Kazakhstan |
first docking to redesigned Salyut-6 ultimately fails, even though mechanical connection is achieved; Vladimir Kovalyonok, Valery Ryumin |
| 25 |
Soyuz-26 |
Taymyr |
2 / 2 |
10/12/1977 |
16/03/1978 |
Kazakhstan |
long endurance record and meeting with second crew on Salyut-6; Yuri Romanenko, Georgi Grechko; crew returns with Soyuz-27 |
| 26 |
Soyuz-27 |
Pamir |
2 / 2 |
10/01/1978 |
16/01/1978 |
Kazakhstan |
two spacecraft docked to the same space station at the same time; Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Oleg Makarov; crew returns with Soyuz-26 |
| 27 |
Soyuz-28 |
Zenit (Zenith) |
2 |
02/03/1978 |
10/03/1978 |
Kazakhstan |
first Interkosmos mission with a Czechoslovak cosmonaut, Vladimir Remek, and Aleksei Gubarev visiting Salyut-6 |
| 28 |
Soyuz-29 |
Foton (Photon) |
2 / 2 |
15/06/1978 |
02/11/1978 |
Kazakhstan |
4th crew visiting Salyut-6; Vladimir Kovalyonok, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov; new long endurance record; crew returns with Soyuz-31 |
| 29 |
Soyuz-30 |
Kavkaz (Caucasus) |
2 |
27/06/1978 |
05/07/1978 |
Kazakhstan |
second Interkosmos mission with a Polish cosmonaut, Miroslav Hermaszevski, and Pyotr Klimuk on Salyut-6 |
| 30 |
Soyuz-31 |
Yastreb (Hawk) |
2 / 2 |
26/08/1978 |
03/09/1978 |
Kazakhstan |
third Interkosmos misson with German cosmonaut, Sigmund Jähn, and Valery Bykovsky; crew returns with Soyuz-29 |
| 31 |
Soyuz-32 |
Proton |
2 |
25/02/1979 |
19/08/1979 |
Kazakhstan |
7th crew visiting Salyut-6; Vladimir Lyakhov, Valery Ryumin; new long endurance record; crew returns with Soyuz-34, launched uncrewed |
| 32 |
Soyuz-33 |
Saturn |
2 |
10/04/1979 |
12/04/1979 |
Kazakhstan |
docking with Salyut-6 of 4th Interkosmos mission with Bulgarian cosmonaut, Georgy Ivanov, and Nikolai Rukavishnikov fails |
| 33 |
Soyuz-34 |
– |
0 / 2 |
06/06/1979 |
19/08/1979 |
Kazakhstan |
launched empty to supply a reliable return vehicle after Soyuz 33 suffered an engine failure |
| 34 |
Soyuz-35 |
Dnepr (Dnieper) |
2 / 2 |
09/04/1980 |
11/10/1980 |
Kazakhstan |
8th crew visiting Salyut-6; Leonid Popov, Valery Ryumin; new long endurance record; crew returns with Soyuz-37 |
| 35 |
Soyuz-36 |
Orion |
2 / 2 |
26/05/1980 |
03/06/1980 |
Kazakhstan |
5th Interkosmos mission with Hungarian cosmonaut, Bertalan Farkas, and Valery Kubasov; crew returns with Soyuz-35 |
| 36 |
Soyuz-37 |
Terek |
2 / 2 |
23/07/1980 |
31/07/1980 |
Kazakhstan |
6th Interkosmos mission with Vietnamese cosmonaut, Pham Tuân, and Viktor Gorbatko; crew returns with Soyuz-36 |
| 37 |
Soyuz-38 |
Taymyr |
2 |
18/09/1980 |
26/09/1980 |
Kazakhstan |
7th Interkosmos mission with Cubanian cosmonaut, Arnoldo Méndez, and Yuri Romanenko |
| 38 |
Soyuz-39 |
Pamir |
2 |
22/03/1981 |
30/03/1981 |
Kazakhstan |
8th Interkosmos mission with Mongolian cosmonaut, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, and Vladimir Dzhanibekov |
| 39 |
Soyuz-40 |
Dnepr (Dnieper) |
2 |
14/05/1981 |
22/05/1981 |
Kazakhstan |
9th Interkosmos mission with Rumanian cosmonaut, Dumitru Prunariu, and Leonid Popov |
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