Soyuz 30

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz 30
sign = Caucasus
crew_members = 2
crew_photo=
crew_caption=L-R: Klimuk, Hermaszewski

launch = June 27, 1978
15:27:21 UTC
Gagarin's Start
landing = July 5, 1978
13:30:20 UTC
300 km W of Tselinograd
duration = 7d/22:02:59
orbits = 125
next = Soyuz 31
previous = Soyuz 29 |

Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.
*Pyotr Klimuk (3) - Commander
*Mirosław Hermaszewski (Poland) (1) - Research Cosmonaut

Backup crew

*Valery Kubasov - Commander
*Zenon Jankowski (Poland) - Research Cosmonaut

Mission parameters

*Mass: 6800 kg
*Perigee: 197.6 km
*Apogee: 261.3 km
*Inclination: 51.66°
*Period: 88.83 minutes

Mission highlights

Mirosław Hermaszewski, the second Intercosmos cosmonaut, flew to Salyut 6 with Pyotr Klimuk. His experiment program stressed life sciences, Earth observations, and study of the aurora borealis.

5th expedition to Salyut-6. Docked with Salyut 6. Hermaszewski was first Polish cosmonaut to orbit. Capsule on display in the Polish Army Museum, Warsaw