Soyuz 40 - Mission Highlights

Mission Highlights

16th expedition to Salyut 6. 9th international crew. Carried intercosmos cosmonaut from Romania. Last Soyuz Ferry flight; ended the first phase of the Intercosmos program, which concentrated on placing citizens of Soviet bloc states into space. In all, nine Intercosmos missions were launched between 1978 and 1981.

Soyuz 40 was the last of the original Soyuz spacecraft (due to its replacement by the Soyuz-T) and the last Soyuz spacecraft to dock with Salyut 6. It also ended the first phase of the Intercosmos program by carrying Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu and Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov to the station. Prunariu studied Earth’s magnetic field. Earth observations had to be delayed until the last day of his flight, when Salyut 6 at last passed over Romania in daylight. During this time the crew also tested the station’s orientation system.

Soyuz programme
Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970)
  • 1
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)
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  • 11
Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981)
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 17
  • 18a
  • 18
  • 21
  • 23
  • 24
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  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
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  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)
  • 16
  • 19
  • 22
Soyuz-T (1976–1986)
  • T-2
  • T-3
  • T-4
  • T-5
  • T-6
  • T-7
  • T-8
  • T-9
  • T-10-1
  • T-10
  • T-11
  • T-12
  • T-13
  • T-14
  • T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2003)
  • TM-2
  • TM-3
  • TM-4
  • TM-5
  • TM-6
  • TM-7
  • TM-8
  • TM-9
  • TM-10
  • TM-11
  • TM-12
  • TM-13
  • TM-14
  • TM-15
  • TM-16
  • TM-17
  • TM-18
  • TM-19
  • TM-20
  • TM-21
  • TM-22
  • TM-23
  • TM-24
  • TM-25
  • TM-26
  • TM-27
  • TM-28
  • TM-29
  • TM-30
  • TM-31
  • TM-32
  • TM-33
  • TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012)
  • TMA-1
  • TMA-2
  • TMA-3
  • TMA-4
  • TMA-5
  • TMA-6
  • TMA-7
  • TMA-8
  • TMA-9
  • TMA-10
  • TMA-11
  • TMA-12
  • TMA-13
  • TMA-14
  • TMA-15
  • TMA-16
  • TMA-17
  • TMA-18
  • TMA-19
  • TMA-20
  • TMA-21
  • TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–)
  • TMA-01M
  • TMA-02M
  • TMA-03M
  • TMA-04M
  • TMA-05M
Current
  • TMA-06M
Planned
  • TMA-07M
  • TMA-08M
  • TMA-09M
  • TMA-10M
  • TMA-11M
  • TMA-12M
  • TMA-13M
  • TMA-14M
  • TMA-15M
  • TMA-16M
  • TMA-17M
Unmanned
  • Kosmos 133
  • 7K-OK No.2
  • Kosmos 140
  • Kosmos 186
  • Kosmos 188
  • Kosmos 212
  • Kosmos 213
  • Kosmos 238
  • Soyuz 2
  • Kosmos 496
  • Kosmos 573
  • Kosmos 613
  • Kosmos 638
  • Kosmos 656
  • Kosmos 670
  • Kosmos 672
  • Kosmos 772
  • Soyuz 20
  • Kosmos 869
  • Kosmos 1001
  • Soyuz 32
  • Kosmos 1074
  • Soyuz 34
  • Soyuz T-1
  • Soyuz TM-1
Interkosmos programme
Satellites
  • Interkosmos 1
  • Interkosmos 2
  • Interkosmos 3
  • Interkosmos 4
  • Interkosmos 5
  • Interkosmos 6
  • Interkosmos 7
  • Interkosmos 8
  • Interkosmos 9
  • Interkosmos 10
  • Interkosmos 11
  • Interkosmos 12
  • Interkosmos 13
  • Interkosmos 14
  • Interkosmos 15
  • Interkosmos 16
  • Interkosmos 17
  • Interkosmos 18
  • Interkosmos 19
  • Interkosmos 20
  • Interkosmos 21
  • Interkosmos 22
  • Interkosmos 23
  • Interkosmos 24
  • Interkosmos 25
  • Interkosmos 26
Manned flights
  • Soyuz 28
  • Soyuz 30
  • Soyuz 31
  • Soyuz 33
  • Soyuz 36
  • Soyuz 37
  • Soyuz 38
  • Soyuz 39
  • Soyuz 40
  • Soyuz T-6
  • Soyuz T-11
  • Soyuz TM-3
  • Soyuz TM-5
  • Soyuz TM-6
  • Soyuz TM-7

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