Soyuz 9
Cosmonauts:
Andrian
G. Nikolayev [2], Commander
Vitali
I. Sevastyanov [1], Flight Engineer
Backup:
Anatoli
V. Filipchenko
Georgi
M. Grechko
Launch:
Date: 1 June 1970
Time: 19:00 UTC
Landing:
Date: 19 June 1970
Time: 11:59 UTC
Duration: 17 days, 16 hours, 59 minutes
Call Sign: Sokol (Falcon)
This was a long duration mission
(18 days) that broke the endurance record of Gemini 7.
Various astrophysical and physiological experiments were performed.