Soyuz 7K-T

The second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the "Soyuz Ferry" or "Soyuz 7K-T", comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 (1973-1981). Although still using the "Igla" system, these had no solar panels, employing batteries. The replacement of solar panels with batteries limited it to about two days of undocked flight.

A modified version of this spacecraft flew on Soyuz 13, where instead of the docking system a large Orion 2 astrophysical camera for imaging the sky and Earth was used.

Another modification was the "Soyuz 7K-T/A9" used for the flights to the military Almaz space station. This featured the ability to remote control the space station and a new parachute system and other still classified and unknown changes.

Missions

*Soyuz 12
*Soyuz 13
*Soyuz 14
*Soyuz 15
*Soyuz 16
*Soyuz 17
*Soyuz 18a
*Soyuz 18
*Soyuz 19
*Soyuz 21
*Soyuz 22
*Soyuz 23
*Soyuz 24
*Soyuz 25
*Soyuz 26
*Soyuz 27
*Soyuz 28
*Soyuz 29
*Soyuz 30
*Soyuz 31
*Soyuz 32
*Soyuz 33
*Soyuz 34
*Soyuz 35
*Soyuz 36
*Soyuz 37
*Soyuz 38
*Soyuz 39
*Soyuz 40

Unmanned tests

*Cosmos 496
*Cosmos 573
*Cosmos 613

External links

* [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061018/54922208.html Russia New Russian spaceship will be able to fly to Moon - space corp]
* [http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/news/news-2006/public_07-01.html RSC Energia: Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development]
*Mir Hardware Heritage
**David S.F. Portree, " [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/r-documents-mirhh.htm Mir Hardware Heritage] ", NASA RP-1357, 1995
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* [http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/soyuz.htm Information on Soyuz spacecraft]
* [http://www.io.com/~o_m/ssh/astp/astp.htm OMWorld's ASTP Docking Trainer Page]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/soyuz/spacecraft_detail.html NASA - Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft Details]
* [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070628_private_moonshot.html Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details]