Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mission Statistics Mission: Soyuz 29 Call sign: Photon Launch: June 15, 1978 20:16:45 UTC Baikonur LC1 Landing: September 3, 1978 11:40:34 UTC 46° North, 69° East Duration: 79 days 15 hours 23 minutes Satellite-ID: 1978-61A Soyuz 29 was a soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. The Commander was Vladimir Kovalyonok, and the flight engineer was Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. Vladimir Ljachov and Valeri Rjumin served as their backup crew. They were the second long-duration crew of Salyut 6. During their stay on board of Salyut 6 two visiting crews docked with the station. The second one exchanged the Soyuz spacecraft, allowing the crew to stay in space longed then the designated lifetime of the spacecraft. They landed with the Soyuz 31 spacecraft on November 2, 1978. The Soyuz 29 spacecraft landed with the visiting crew which launched with Soyuz 31 - Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jähn, the first German cosmonaut. The capsule is on display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, on loan from the Militärhistorisches Museum in Dresden, Germany. Previous Mission: Soyuz 28 Soyuz program Next Mission: Soyuz 30 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.