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Soyuz 13

Mission Statistics
Mission Name: Soyuz 13
Call Sign: Кавказ (Kavkaz - "Caucasus")
Number of Crew Members: 2
Launch: December 18, 197311:55 UTCBaikonur LC1
Landing: December 26, 197308:50 UTC200km SW of Karaganda
Duration: 7 days, 20 hours, 55 minutes
Number of Orbits: 127

Soyuz 13 was a second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz capsule that first flew asSoyuz 12. This particular spacecraft was further specially modified to carry a large camera for astrophysical observations.

Using this instrument, cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk carried out ultraviolet photography of stars and spectroscopic photography of the Earth.

Once again, the new Soyuz variant performed extremely well when on-board systems were tested.

Crew

Mission Parameters