On July 6 -- August 24, 1976, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union and flight engineer Vitaly Zholobov orbited the Earth together with Boris Volynov aboard the Soyuz-21 spacecraft that was docked to the Salyut-5 station, spending 49 days 6 hours 23 minutes and 32 seconds in orbit. Conducted numerous prospecting and reconnaissance operations.
- Categories: Science & Technology, Human Interest
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 01.03.1976
- Date published: 10.10.2008
- Author: Alexander Mokletsov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: A76-8119, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x2398px, 3Mb