flown missionSuccess
Soyuz | Soyuz 4
Soviet Space Program31/6 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Soyuz 4
- Type
- Human Exploration
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Soyuz 4 mission started with the launch on January 14, 1969, 07:30:00 UTC, carrying Commander Vladimir Shatalov, Flight Engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev and Research Engineer Yevgeny Khrunov into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 4 docked with Soyuz 5 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 safe landing back on Earth on January 17, 1969, 06:50:47 UTC.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz
- Family
- Soyuz
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 31/6
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9960, 63.5640