Cancelled Spaceflights
Salyut
2 (
Almaz
/ OPS-1) - Expediton 1
USSR
Planning data
Launch date (planned):
Mid April 1973
Crew
No.
Surname
Given names
Position
1
Popovich
Pavel Romanovich
Commander
2
Artyukhin
Yuri Petrovich
Flight Engineer
Backup Crew
No.
Surname
Given names
Position
1
Sarafanov
Gennadi Vasiliyevich
Commander
2
Dyomin
Lev Stepanovich
Flight Engineer
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Mission objectives
After reaching orbit,
Salyut
2 developed problems, and the station was lost. The crews were rotated for missions to the next
Almaz
military space station (
Salyut
3).
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Last update on April 26, 2018.