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A mission to a Salyut station includes a spacecraft launch from earth, attaining orbit, docking with the station and return to Earth for crewed spacecraft or deliberate destruction by a controlled re-entry for cargo craft. The duration of a mission varies, depending on its purpose.

Salyut Missions were named after the spacecraft used for crew transport.

Soyuz and Soyuz T spacecraft were used for crew transport and Progress spacecraft were mainly used for logistic supplies.

The Soyuz craft were also used as emergency escape vehicles. Therefore at least one Soyuz was always docked at the station during crew presence.

Reference: Wikipedia  -  Salyut expeditions,  |  List of human spaceflights to Salyut space stations,  |  Uncrewed flights to the stations,  |  Soyuz Spacecraft,  |  Progress Spacecraft  |  TKS Spacecraft

The table below gives a summary of all the missions to the Salyut stations.

Salyut Launch Mission Description
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Mission objective

Spacecraft
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Transport crews and cargo to station

Crew
(Days)
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Number of days crew in orbit

Craft
(Days)
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Number of days station in orbit

Mission Notes
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General notes on the mission

No. I.D. Year Date
One DOS 1 1971 Apr 19 Station module to orbit 175 World's first space station.
Apr 23 3 crew to station Soyuz 10 3 3 Soyuz 10 failed to dock and returned to Earth.
Jun 6 3 crew to station Soyuz 11 24 24 Crew lost during re-entry.
- DOS 2 1972 Jul 29 Station module lost Failure of launcher second stage. Did not reach orbit. Would have been Salyut Two.
Two OPS 1 1973 Apr 4 Station module to orbit 54 First military station. Failed after launch. No crews.
- DOS 3 May 11 Station module lost 11 Flight control system failure. Was to be Salyut Three. Renamed Kosmos 557.
Three OPS 2 1974 Jun 25 Station module to orbit 213 Second military station.
Jul 3 2 crew to station Soyuz 14 16 16 Only crew to occupy Salyut 3.
Aug 26 2 crew to orbit only Soyuz 15 2 2 Soyuz 15 failed to dock and returned to Earth.
Four DOS 4 Dec 26 Station module to orbit 770 Forth military station. (DOS 3 failed to reach orbit) Similar design to Salyut 3.
Jan 11 2 crew to station Soyuz 17 30 30 First crew on Salyut 4.
Apr 5 2 crew to space only Soyuz 18a 0 0 Soyuz 18a (7K-T 39) failed to reach orbit and returned to Earth.
May 24 2 crew to station Soyuz 18 63 63 Second and last crew on Salyut 4.
1975 Nov 17 Test of Soyuz craft Soyuz 20 - 88 Un-crewed mission. Long duration test of Soyuz crew craft.
Five OPS 3 1976 Jun 22 Station module to orbit 412 Last military station.
Jul 6 2 crew to station Soyuz 21 50 50 Military and scientific objectives.
Oct 14 2 crew to orbit only Soyuz 23 2 2 Reached station but failed to dock. Mission aborted.
1977 Feb 7 2 crew to station Soyuz 24 18 18 Final mission to a military station.
Six DOS 5 Sep 29 Station module to orbit 1764 First fully operational civilian scientific only station.
Oct 9 2 Crew to orbit only Soyuz 25 2 0 Soyuz 25 failed to dock and returned to Earth.
Dec 10 2 Expedition crew EO-1 to station Soyuz 26 96 37 First Expedition crew on Salyut 6. Returned on Soyuz 27.
1978 Jan 10 2 Visiting crew EP-1 to station Soyuz 27 6 65 Replacement standby craft for EO-1 crew. EP-1 crew returned on Soyuz 26.
Mar 2 2 Visiting crew EP-2 crew to station Soyuz 28 8 8 Visiting crew with first non-Soviet (Czechoslovakian) cosmonaut. Returned on Soyuz 28.
Jan 20 Supplies only to station Progress 1 15 First Progress un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Jun 15 2 Expedition crew EO-2 to station Soyuz 29 140 80 Second Expedition crew on Salyut 6. Returned on Soyuz 31.
Jun 27 2 Visiting crew EP-3 crew to station Soyuz 30 8 8 Visiting crew with non-Soviet (Polish) cosmonaut. Returned on Soyuz 30.
Jul 7 Supplies only to station Progress 2 23 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Aug 7 Supplies only to station Progress 3 11 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Aug 26 2 Visiting crew EP-4 crew to station Soyuz 31 8 68 Replacement standby craft for EO-2 crew. EP-4 crew returned on Soyuz 29.
Oct 3 Supplies only to station Progress 4 18 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
1979 Feb 25 2 Expedition crew EO-3 to station Soyuz 32 175 108 Third Expedition crew on Salyut 6. Returned on Soyuz 34. Soyuz 32 returned un-crewed.
Apr 10 2 Crew to orbit only Soyuz 33 2 2 Soyuz 33 engine fault. Failed to dock and returned to Earth.
Mar 12 Supplies only to station Progress 5 20 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
May 13 Supplies only to station Progress 6 24 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Jun 6 Un-crewed to station Soyuz 34 - 74 Launched un-crewed as standby and return craft for EO-3 crew.
Jun 28 Supplies only to station Progress 7 17 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Dec 16 Un-crewed test of Soyuz T Soyuz T-1 - 95 Un-crewed test of the newly designed Soyuz T crewed craft.
1980 Mar 27 Supplies only to station Progress 8 26 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Apr 9 2 Expedition crew EO-4 to station Soyuz 35 185 55 Fourth Expedition crew on Salyut 6. Returned on Soyuz 37.
Apr 27 Supplies only to station Progress 9 20 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
May 26 2 Visiting crew EP-5 crew to station Soyuz 36 8 65 Replacement standby craft for EO-4 crew. EP-5 crew returned on Soyuz 35.
Jun 5 2 Visiting crew EP-6 crew to station Soyuz T-2 4 4 Crewed test of Soyuz T craft. EP-5 crew returned on Soyuz T-2.
Jun 29 Supplies only to station Progress 10 16 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Jul 23 2 Visiting crew EP-7 crew to station Soyuz 37 8 80 Second replacement standby craft for EO-4 crew. EP-7 crew returned on Soyuz 36.
Sep 18 2 Visiting crew EP-8 crew to station Soyuz 38 8 8 Visiting crew with non-Soviet (Cuban) cosmonaut. Returned on Soyuz 38.
Sep 28 Supplies only to station Progress 11 69 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Nov 27 3 Expedition crew EO-5 to station Soyuz T-3 12 12 Fifth Expedition crew on Salyut 6. First time with three crew. Returned on Soyuz T-3.
1981 Jan 24 Supplies only to station Progress 12 52 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Mar 12 2 Expedition crew EO-6 to station Soyuz T-4 74 74 Sixth and last Expedition crew on Salyut 6. Returned on Soyuz T-4.
Mar 22 2 Visiting crew EP-9 to station Soyuz 39 8 8 Visiting crew with non-Soviet (Mongolian) cosmonaut. Returned on Soyuz 39.
Apr 25 Test of TKS craft Kosmos 1267 405 Un-crewed test of TKS scientific expansion module. Only re-entry capsule returned.
May 14 2 Visiting crew EP-10 to station Soyuz 40 8 8 Visiting crew with non-Soviet (Romanian) cosmonaut. Returned on Soyuz 40.
Seven DOS 6 1982 Apr 19 Station module to orbit 3216 Fourth civilian station to orbit. Last Salyut station.
May 13 2 Expedition crew EO-1 to station Soyuz T-5 211 106 First Expedition crew on Salyut 7. Returned on Soyuz T-7.
May 23 Supplies only to station Progress 13 9 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Jun 24 3 Visiting crew EP-1 to station Soyuz T-6 8 8 Visiting crew with non-Soviet (French) cosmonaut. Returned on Soyuz T-6.
Jul 10 Supplies only to station Progress 14 29 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Aug 19 3 Visiting crew EP-2 crew to station Soyuz T-7 8 113 Replacement standby craft for EO-1 crew. EP-2 crew returned on Soyuz T-5.
Sep 18 Supplies only to station Progress 15 24 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Oct 31 Supplies only to station Progress 16 41 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
1983 Mar 2 Test of TKS craft Kosmos 1443 157 Un-crewed test of TKS scientific expansion module. Only re-entry capsule returned.
Apr 20 3 crew to orbit only Soyuz T-8 2 2 Soyuz T-8 failed to dock and returned to Earth.
Jun 27 2 Expedition crew EO-2 to station Soyuz T-9 149 149 Second Expedition crew on Salyut 7. Returned on Soyuz T-9.
Aug 17 Supplies only to station Progress 17 28 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Sep 26 2 crew launch escape Soyuz 10a - - Soyuz T-10a exploded on launch pad. Crew survived using the Launch Escape System.
Oct 20 Supplies only to station Progress 18 21 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
1984 Feb 8 3 Expedition crew EO-3 to station Soyuz T-10 237 63 Third Expedition crew. Longest single crew occupation. Returned on Soyuz T-11.
Feb 21 Supplies only to station Progress 19 27 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Apr 3 3 Visiting crew EP-3 crew to station Soyuz T-11 8 182 Replacement standby craft for EO-2 crew. EP-3 crew returned on Soyuz T-10.
Apr 15 Supplies only to station Progress 20 50 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
May 7 Supplies only to station Progress 21 41 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
May 28 Supplies only to station Progress 22 45 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Jul 17 3 Visiting crew EP-4 to station Soyuz T-12 8 8 Visiting crew. Returned on Soyuz T-12.
Aug 14 Supplies only to station Progress 23 10 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
1985 Jun 6 2 Expedition crew EO-4 to station Soyuz T-13 112 Fourth Expedition crew. Salyut 7 was un-occupied. 1 crew returned on Soyuz T-13.
Jun 21 Supplies only to station Progress 24 22 Un-crewed supply craft. Destroyed on re-entry.
Jul 19 Supplies only to station Kosmos 1669 41 Progress supply craft. Unknown reasons for Kosmos designation. Destroyed on re-entry.
Sep 17 2 extra Expedition crew EO-4 and
1 Visiting EP-5 crew to station
Soyuz T-14 168 64 Three remaining EO-4 crew returned on Soyuz T-14.
One EP-5 crew returned on Soyuz T-13.
Sep 27 Test of extra module attachment. Kosmos 1686 1959 Un-crewed test of TKS expansion module for Mir Core. Destroyed with Salyut 7 on re-entry.
1986 Mar 13 2 Expedition crew EO-5 to station Soyuz T-15 125 125 Last Salyut 7 station crew. Also visited Mir as Expedition EO-1. Returned on Soyuz T-15.
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