Soyuz 4

Soyuz 4 launched January 14, 1969. On board was the cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov on his first flight. The aim of the mission was to dock with Soyuz 5, transfer two crew members from that spacecraft and reenter. The last three Soyuz flights had attempted to do this but had all failed for various reasons.

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• Vladimir Shatalov (1)
• Aleksei Yeliseyev (1) (landing only)
• Yevgeny Khrunov (1) (landing only)

January 14: January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining (352 in leap years). It is celebrated as New Year's Day by those still following the Julian calendar....

1969: 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday...

Vladimir Shatalov: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: ???????? ????????????? ???????; born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10....