Soyuz 13
Soyuz 13 was a December, 1973, Soviet crewed space flight, the second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft that first flew as Soyuz 12. The spacecraft was specially modified to carry the Orion 2 Space Observatory. The flight, crewed by Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev, was the Soviet Union's first dedicated science mission, and was the first mission controlled by the new Kaliningrad Mission Control Center.
- Program
- Soyuz programme
- Launch
- Dec 18, 1973
- Return
- Dec 26, 1973
- Duration
- 8 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇸🇺 Pyotr Klimuk —
- 🇸🇺 Valentin Lebedev —