Soyuz 3

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Soyuz 3 was a 1968 Soviet crewed spaceflight that attempted the first docking of two Soyuz spacecraft in orbit, marking an important early milestone in the Soyuz program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet spaceflight
Soyuz mission
crewed spaceflight
belongsTo Soviet crewed lunar program (test phase) NERFINISHED
callsign Buran NERFINISHED
commander Georgy Beregovoy NERFINISHED
country Soviet Union
crewCapacityOfSpacecraftType 3
crewMember Georgy Beregovoy NERFINISHED
crewSize 1
crewSurvived true
designerBureau Sergei Korolev Design Bureau NERFINISHED
dockingAttemptedWith Soyuz 2 NERFINISHED
dockingResult no hard docking achieved
dockingTargetStatus uncrewed target spacecraft
era Space Race NERFINISHED
followedBy Soyuz 4 NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance early milestone in the Soyuz program
first Soviet attempt at crewed docking of two spacecraft
isUncrewedCompanionMission Soyuz 2 NERFINISHED
launchDate 1968-10-26
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Soyuz rocket NERFINISHED
launchYear 1968
missionDuration 3 days
missionObjective attempt first docking of two Soyuz spacecraft in orbit
test Soyuz 7K-OK crewed spacecraft
missionOutcome partial success
missionType orbital flight
test flight
operator Soviet space program NERFINISHED
orbit low Earth orbit
precededBy Soyuz 2 NERFINISHED
program Soyuz program NERFINISHED
rendezvousPerformedWith Soyuz 2 NERFINISHED
returnType land landing
spaceAgency Soviet space program NERFINISHED
spacecraftConfiguration descent module
orbital module
service module
spacecraftManufacturer OKB-1 NERFINISHED
spacecraftSeries Soyuz NERFINISHED
spacecraftType Soyuz 7K-OK NERFINISHED
technologyDemonstrated manual spacecraft control in proximity operations
orbital rendezvous procedures

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