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Soyuz T-7

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AKA: Dnepr (Dnieper); Salyut 7 EP-2. Launched: 1982-08-19. Returned: 1982-08-27. Number crew: 3 . Duration: 7.91 days.

Soyuz T-7 carried Svetlana Savitskaya, Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to visit space in 20 years, and was included in the crew specifically to upstage the Americans from accomplishing the same feat. She was given the orbital module of Soyuz T-7 for privacy. The Soyuz T-7 crew delivered experiments and mail from home to the EO-1 crew. On August 21 the five cosmonauts traded seat liners between the Soyuz-Ts. The EP-2 crew undocked in Soyuz T-5, leaving the newer Soyuz T-7 spacecraft as a lifeboat for the long-duration crew.

Family: Manned spaceflight. People: Savinykh, Berezovoi, Lebedev, Serebrov, Romanenko, Popov, Savitskaya, Pronina. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. More at: 7848.

• Soyuz T-7 - . Call Sign: Dnepr (Dnieper ). Crew: Popov, Savitskaya, Serebrov. Backup Crew: Pronina, Romanenko, Savinykh. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 12L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Popov, Pronina, Romanenko, Savinykh, Savitskaya, Serebrov. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-5, Soyuz T-7. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 113.08 days. Decay Date: 1982-12-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 13425 . COSPAR: 1982-080A. Apogee: 299 km (185 mi). Perigee: 289 km (179 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 90.30 min. Docked with Salyut 7. Carried Svetlana Savitskaya, Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments..

• Landing of Soyuz T-5 - . Return Crew: Popov, Savitskaya, Serebrov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Popov, Savitskaya, Serebrov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-5, Soyuz T-7. Soyuz T-5 landed at 15:04 GMT with the crew of Popov, Savitskaya and Serebrov aboard..