Soyuz 40, an Interkosmos crewed visit to Salyut 6 with commander Leonid Popov and Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu, the first Romanian in space. Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 1/5; final flight of the Soyuz 7K-T ferry and last crewed mission to Salyut 6.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 239th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 14 May 1981, 17:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1981-042
- Launches in 1981
- 44th of 126
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