Soyuz 22
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Soyuz 22 was a September 1976, Soviet crewed spaceflight. It was an Earth sciences mission using a modified Soyuz spacecraft, and was also, some observers speculated, a mission to observe NATO exercis
Cosmonauts and Soyuz 22, on a 1976 Soviet stamp
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Vladimir Aksyonov
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Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov was a Soviet cosmonaut who served as the flight engineer on Soyuz 22 and Soyuz T-2.
Soyuz 22
…was a refurbished Soyuz that had served as a backup for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission the previous year. Cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Aksyonov spent a week in orbit photographing the surface of the Earth with a specially-built camera. Soyuz 22 was launched to orbit 15 September 1976 at the…
Aksyonov on a 1980 Soviet stamp