2012 Event Russian spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-07M, is launched in Kazakhstan, with cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and Thomas Marshburn for the ISS Expedition 34 and 35 crews 1991 Event U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station 1988 Event Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard 1988 Event U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir 1987 Event Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir 1987 Event Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) 1986 Event Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir 1985 Event Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1985 Event Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1984 Event 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit 1984 Event Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 1984 Event Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7 1983 Event Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 1983 Event Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1981 Event Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 1981 Event Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 1981 Event Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Event Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1980 Event Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days 1980 Event Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days 1980 Event Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Event Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6 1980 Event Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Event Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6 1980 Event Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 1979 Event Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space 1979 Event Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 1978 Event Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6 1978 Event Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station 1978 Event Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days 1978 Event Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6 1978 Event Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1977 Event Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1977 Event Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts 1976 Event Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days 1976 Event Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station 1975 Event Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely 1975 Event Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 1974 Event Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1974 Event Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1973 Event Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days) 1971 Event Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1971 Event Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1964 Event Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 cosmonauts