Soyuz 4
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Soyuz 4 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for performing the first successful docking and crew transfer between two manned spacecraft in orbit.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soyuz 4–Soyuz 5 joint mission | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet space mission
ⓘ
Soyuz programme mission ⓘ crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| callSign | Amur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Vladimir Shatalov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewMember | Vladimir Shatalov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| crewTransferFromSpacecraft | Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewTransferMethod | spacewalk ⓘ |
| crewTransferToSpacecraft | Soyuz 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 1969-01-16 ⓘ |
| dockingPartner | Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1969-01-17 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Kazakh SSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Karaganda ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1969-01-14 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 3 days ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 1969-01-17 ⓘ |
| missionObjective | test rendezvous and docking procedures for future Soviet space stations ⓘ |
| missionStart | 1969-01-14 ⓘ |
| missionType | test flight ⓘ |
| notableFor | first in-orbit transfer of crew between two spacecraft without landing ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | about 51.7 degrees ⓘ |
| performed |
first crew transfer between two spacecraft in orbit
ⓘ
first docking between two crewed spacecraft in orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soyuz 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Soyuz programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedCrewMember |
Aleksei Yeliseyev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Volynov NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Shatalov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yevgeny Khrunov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Soyuz 7K-OK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Soyuz 7K-OK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| success | true ⓘ |
| transferredCrewFrom | Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transferredCrewTo | Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfSpaceflight | 1969 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Soyuz 4–Soyuz 5 joint mission