Soyuz 40
Soyuz 40 was a Soviet Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft launched on May 14, 1981 for the Romanian Intercosmos visiting mission to Salyut 6. The spacecraft carried commander Leonid Popov and Romanian research cosmonaut Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, docked with Salyut 6 the next day, and returned the same crew on May 22 after a week of joint scientific work aboard the station. It was the final Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft to fly and the last Soyuz to dock with Salyut 6 before the program shifted fully to later Soyuz variants.
Identity
- Aliases
- Soyuz-40 spacecraft7K-T No. 56Dnieper
- Name
- Soyuz 40
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Soyuz 40 was a Soviet Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft launched on May 14, 1981 for the Romanian Intercosmos visiting mission to Salyut 6. The spacecraft carried commander Leonid Popov and Romanian research cosmonaut Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, docked with Salyut 6 the next day, and returned the same crew on May 22 after a week of joint scientific work aboard the station. It was the final Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft to fly and the last Soyuz to dock with Salyut 6 before the program shifted fully to later Soyuz variants.
- First Flight Date
- 1981-05-14
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Vehicle Family
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_40
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 8, 2026 at 10:10:44 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 14, 2026 at 16:53:59 UTC
Other
- Last Flight Date
- 1981-05-22
- Search Name
- Soyuz 40 Soyuz-40 spacecraft 7K-T No. 56 Dnieper
- Serial Number
- 56
- Vehicle Code
- 7K-T No. 56