Salyut 7/TKS-3
Spacecraft
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Orlan space suit as used on Salyut 7 and Mir space stations.
Credit: Zvezda
Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov finally killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.
Related
- Spacecraft
- TKS
Chronology
1 event
During 1983
- Salyut 7/TKS-3 (cancelled) - .
Crew: Preobrazhensky,
Romanov,
Sarafanov.
Backup Crew: Artyukhin,
Berezovoi,
Yuyukov.
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Chelomei,
Ustinov.
Program: Salyut 7.
Flight: Salyut 7/TKS-3.
Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.