Soyuz T-12
Mission
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First woman to walk in space, accomplished for propaganda purposes ahead of plans for NASA female astronaut EVA. Mission to swap Soyuz lifeboats docked to station.
The crew comprising ship's commander V A Dzhanibekov, flight engineer S E Savitskaya and cosmonaut-research I P Volk, docked to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments.
Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)
The crew included veteran cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Buran shuttle program cosmonaut Igor Volk, and Svetlana Savitskaya. On July 25 Dzhanibekov and Savitskaya performed a 3 hr, 30 min EVA, during which they tested the URI multipurpose tool. They cut, welded, soldered, and coated metal samples. During the Pamirs' stay, the six cosmonauts aboard Salyut 7 also conducted Rezonans tests and collected station air samples.
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- Family
- Manned spaceflight
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- Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya, Volk
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz T
Chronology
3 events
1984 July 17
17:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- Soyuz T-12 - . Call Sign: Pamir (Pamir mountains). Crew: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya, Volk. Backup Crew: Ivanova, Savinykh, Vasyutin. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 18L. Mass: 7,020 kg (15,470 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-12. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 11.80 days. Decay Date: 1984-07-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 15119 . COSPAR: 1984-073A. Apogee: 218 km (135 mi). Perigee: 192 km (119 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported a crew comprising ship's commander V A Dzhanibekov, flight engineer S E Savitskaya and cosmonaut-research I P Volk to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments..
1984 July 25
14:55 GMT - .- EVA Salyut 7 EP-4-1 - . Crew: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya. EVA Duration: 0.15 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-12. Spacecraft Bus: Almaz. Spacecraft: Salyut 7. Conducted welding experiments..
1984 July 29
- Landing of Soyuz T-12 - . Return Crew: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya, Volk. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-12. Soyuz T-12 landed at 12:55 GMT. .