COSPAR ID 1977-113A Orbits completed 1,522 Manufacturer NPO Energia Apogee 246,000 m Launch date 10 December 1977 Rocket Soyuz-U | SATCAT no. 10506 Spacecraft type Soyuz 7K-T Period 1.5 hours Dates 10 Dec 1977 – 16 Jan 1978 Landing date 16 January 1978 Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | |
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Mission duration 37 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds | ||
Soyuz 26 (Russian: Союз 26, Union 26) was a Soviet space mission which launched the crew of Salyut 6 EO-1, the first long duration crew on the space station Salyut 6.
The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on 10 December 1977, and docked with the space station the next day. Soyuz 27 arrived at the station in January 1978, and its two-person crew transferred into the Soyuz 26 spacecraft to undock and land a few days later.
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