quoted from New York Times (FEB-10-1975), The twoman crew of the Soyuz 17 returned to earth today after spending 30 days in space, a record for Soviet astronauts.
The 43‐year‐old astronauts—both on their first space mission — touched down at 2:03 P.M. Moscow time, according to Tass, the offiical press agency. Tass said the landing had been made in difficult weather conditions 70 miles northeast of the town of Tselinograd in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It was launched on Jan. 11 from the Soviet Space Center at Baikonat, which is in West Kazakhstan.
Lieut. Col. Aleksei Gubarev and Georgi Grechko, a civilian angineer, were said to be “feeling well” after the return. Their mission, including numerous scientific and biomedical experiments, was pronounced a success by space officials.
The two astronauts had spent all but a day or so of their time in space aboard the Salyut 4 orbital station, which was launched on Dec. 26 and is remaining in space. The Soyuz 17 docked with the station within 36 hours after its launching.
Soyuz 17 actually is a continuation of the space program from Russia, in the context of the cold war carried out by Russia and the United States.
At that time, the two countries were super power countries that tried to spread their influence and ideology throughout the world.
Soyuz is a series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now RKK Energia) in the 1960s that remains in service today. The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft and was originally built as part of the Soviet manned lunar programs. The Soyuz spacecraft is launched on a Soyuz rocket, the most reliable launch vehicle in the world to date.[1][2] The Soyuz rocket design is based on the Vostok launcher, which in turn was based on the 8K74 or R-7A Semyorka, a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile. All Soyuz spacecraft are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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