Soyuz 16
Cosmonauts:
Anatoli
V. Filipchenko [2], Commander
Nikolai
N. Rukavishnikov [2], Flight Engineer
Backup:
Yuri
V. Romanenko
Aleksandr
S. Ivanchenkov
Launch:
Date: 2 December 1974
Time: 09:40 UTC
Landing:
Date: 8 December 1974
Time: 08:04 UTC
Duration: 5 days, 22 hours, 24 minutes
Call Sign: Buran (Snowstorm)
This flight was a dress rehersal
for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in which Soviet and American spacecraft would dock in
space.