Soyuz 9, a Soviet crewed mission with cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov studying long-duration spaceflight effects. Soyuz from Baikonur lofted them on 1 June 1970 for a record ~18-day flight, then the longest crewed mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.7 T
- Flight
- 17th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 1 June 1970, 19:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1970-041
- Launches in 1970
- 44th of 124
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