The second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz Ferry or Soyuz 7K-T, comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 (1973-1981). Although still using the Igla system, these had no solar panels, employing batteries. The replacement of solar panels with batteries limited it to about two days of undocked flight.

A modified version of this spacecraft flew on Soyuz 13, where instead of the docking system a large Orion 2 astrophysical camera for imaging the sky and Earth was used.

Another modification was the Soyuz 7K-T/A9 used for the flights to the military Almaz space station. This featured the ability to remote control the space station and a new parachute system and other still classified and unknown changes.

Missions

• Soyuz 12
• Soyuz 13
• Soyuz 14
• Soyuz 15
• Soyuz 16
• Soyuz 17
• Soyuz 18a
• Soyuz 18
• Soyuz 19
• Soyuz 21
• Soyuz 22
• Soyuz 23
• Soyuz 24
• Soyuz 25
• Soyuz 26
• Soyuz 27
• Soyuz 28
• Soyuz 29
• Soyuz 30
• Soyuz 31
• Soyuz 32
• Soyuz 33
• Soyuz 34
• Soyuz 35
• Soyuz 36
• Soyuz 37
• Soyuz 38
• Soyuz 39
• Soyuz 40

Unmanned tests

• Cosmos 496
• Cosmos 573
• Cosmos 613

External links

• Russia New Russian spaceship will be able to fly to Moon - space corp
• RSC Energia: Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development
• Mir Hardware Heritage
• David S.F. Portree, Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995
• Mir Hardware Heritage
• Information on Soyuz spacecraft
• OMWorld's ASTP Docking Trainer Page
• NASA - Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft Details
• Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details