Cancelled Spaceflights

Salyut 5 (Almaz / OPS-3) - Expediton 3

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Planning data

Launch date (planned):  Mid 1977

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1  Berezovoy  Anatoli Nikolayevich  Commander
2  Lisun  Mikhail Ivanovich  Flight Engineer

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1  Kozelsky  Vladimir Sergeyevich  Commander
2  Preobrazhensky  Vladimir Yevgeniyevich  Flight Engineer

Mission objectives

The 15-day mission ("Soyuz 25"), scheduled for mid 1977, was cancelled when the Salyut 5 program was terminated. Having military observers in space was deemed to be less effective than earlier perceived.

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