Soyuz 16
Soyuz 16 was a December, 1974, crewed test flight for a joint Soviet-United States space flight which culminated in the Apollo–Soyuz mission in July 1975. The two-man Soviet crew, Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov, tested a docking ring and other systems to be used in the joint flight.
- Program
- Soyuz programme
- Launch
- Dec 2, 1974
- Return
- Dec 8, 1974
- Duration
- 6 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇸🇺 Anatoly Filipchenko —
- 🇸🇺 Nikolay Rukavishnikov —
- 🇸🇺 Boris Andreyev — · backup
- 🇸🇺 Vladimir Dzhanibekov — · backup