Soyuz 4
Soyuz 4 was launched on 14 January 1969, carrying cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov on his first flight. The mission successfully docked with Soyuz 5, marking the first docking of two crewed spacecraft. The craft received two crew members from Soyuz 5 via spacewalk, and returned to Earth.
- Program
- Soyuz programme
- Launch
- Jan 14, 1969
- Return
- Jan 17, 1969
- Duration
- 3 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇸🇺 Evgeniy Vasilievich Khrunov —
- 🇷🇺 Vladimir Shatalov —
- 🇸🇺 Aleksei Yeliseyev —
- 🇸🇺 Viktor Gorbatko — · backup
- 🇸🇺 Valeri Kubasov — · backup
- 🇸🇺 Georgy Shonin — · backup