Soyuz-T

The Soyuz-T (Russian: Союз-T, Union-T) spacecraft was the third generation Soyuz spacecraft, in service for seven years from 1979 to 1986. The T stood for transport (транспортный, Transportny). The revised spacecraft incorporated lessons learned from the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Soyuz 7K-TM and Military Soyuz.

The Soyuz-T featured solar panels allowing longer missions, a revised Igla rendezvous system and new translation/attitude thruster system on the service module. It could carry a crew of three wearing spacesuits, allowing the first three-person crews since the Soyuz 11 disaster.

Missions

• Soyuz T-1 (unmanned test, launched 1979)
• Soyuz T-2
• Soyuz T-3
• Soyuz T-4
• Soyuz T-5
• Soyuz T-6
• Soyuz T-7
• Soyuz T-8
• Soyuz T-9
• Soyuz T-10-1
• Soyuz T-10
• Soyuz T-11
• Soyuz T-12
• Soyuz T-13
• Soyuz T-14
• Soyuz T-15 (launched 1986)

External links

• Russia New Russian spaceship will be able to fly to Moon - space corp
• RSC Energia: Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development
• Mir Hardware Heritage
  • David S.F. Portree, Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995
  • Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource)
• Information on Soyuz spacecraft
• OMWorld's ASTP Docking Trainer Page
• NASA - Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft Details
• Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details