Space Rocket History #442 – Salyut 4 – Soyuz 17 with Gubarev & Grechko
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The crew of Soyuz 17 embarked on a historic 29-day mission, surpassing the previous Soviet mission-duration record of 23 days set by the Soyuz 11 crew aboard Salyut 1 in 1971.
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