The Soyuz 40 mission was a 1981 Soviet crewed spaceflight and the final flight of the Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft. It was a collaboration between the Soviet Union and Romania. [1] Soyuz 40 was the 16th expedition to Salyut 6 and carried the ninth international crew.

The second generation, called Soyuz Ferry or Soyuz 7K-T, comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 (1973–1981). It did not have solar arrays. Two long, skinny antennas were put in the solar panels's place.

Dec 4, 2021 · Soyuz 40 was the ninth Intercosmos mission (with Dorin Prunariu, the first cosmonaut from Romania). Following a one-day solo flight Soyuz 40 docked with the Salyut 6 space station on May 15, 1981 as final spacecraft.

May 14, 1981 · Soyuz 40 was the 16th and final mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station. It carried the the EP-10 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz T-4 resident crew. The mission began on May 14, 1981, 17:16:38 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Popov and Research Cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu, the first Romanian cosmonaut, into orbit.

Soyuz (Russian: Союз, lit. 'union', GRAU index: 11A511) is a family of Soviet and later Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicles initially developed by the OKB-1 design bureau and manufactured by the Progress Rocket Space Centre factory in Samara, Russia. It holds the record for the most launches in the history of spaceflight.

Jun 20, 2022 · This was the final mission to the Salyut 6 spaced station. It was also the last mission for the ferry class of Soyuz. It also marked the first Romanian in space. Page last modified: 20 June 2022 16:59:08.

Soyuz 40 was the 16th expedition to Salyut 6 and carried the ninth international crew. It also ended the first phase of the Intercosmos program by carrying Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu and Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov to the station.

Soyuz 40 was the 16th and final mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station. It carried the the EP-10 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz T-4 resident crew. The mission began on May 14, 1981, 17:16:38 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Popov and Research Cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu, the first Romanian cosmonaut, into orbit.

Soyuz 40 was a manned Soviet mission launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and docked with the Salyut 6 space station. Its two man crew of Leonid Popov (USSR) and Dumitru Prinariu (Romania) was the ninth international crew of the Intercosmos program. It was recovered on May 22, 1981 at 13:58 GMT.

The Soyuz 40 mission was a 1981 Soviet crewed spaceflight and the final flight of the Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft. It was a collaboration between the Soviet Union and Romania. Soyuz 40 was the 16th expedition to Salyut 6 and carried the ninth international crew.