Soyuz 18A
Soyuz 18A was intended to carry Vasili Lazarev and Oleg Makarov to Salyut 4. A launch-vehicle staging failure about 289 seconds after liftoff triggered an automatic abort and a high-acceleration ballistic descent. The crew survived an emergency landing in the snow-covered Altai Mountains.
Identity
- Aliases
- Soyuz 18-1April 5 Anomaly
- Name
- Soyuz 18A
- Slug
- soyuz-18a
- Status
- failed
Details
- Description
- Soyuz 18A was intended to carry Vasili Lazarev and Oleg Makarov to Salyut 4. A launch-vehicle staging failure about 289 seconds after liftoff triggered an automatic abort and a high-acceleration ballistic descent. The crew survived an emergency landing in the snow-covered Altai Mountains.
- End Date
- 1975-04-05
- Landing Site Id
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- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Failure — launch-vehicle staging failure triggered an automatic abort; both cosmonauts survived the high-G ballistic return.
- Program
- Salyut
- Space Station Id
- ms7xvyjqj0fz0a0b5cqjkz04xs8a2ny8
- Start Date
- 1975-04-05
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7mpb8baf7s9txh6tpzhmywh58afpmy
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:27:49 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:27:49 PM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td7e4ws2rvybmz8pv4k6zn3dn98a3we4
- Role
- Commander
- Astronaut Id
- td73nfpthgrq4pwjtfmxaqg5cn8a2pfz
- Role
- Flight Engineer