title: Soyuz 26
text: # Soyuz 26
  
  Soyuz 26 (Russian: Союз 26, Union 26) was a Soviet space mission which launched the crew of Salyut 6 EO-1, the first long duration crew on the space station Salyut 6.
  
  The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on 10 December 1977, and docked with the space station the next day. Soyuz 27 arrived at the station in January 1978, and its two-person crew transferred into the Soyuz 26 spacecraft to undock and land a few days later.
  
  ## Crew
  
  | Position | Launching Cosmonaut | Landing Cosmonaut |
  | - | - | - |
  | Commander | Yuri Romanenko EO-1 First spaceflight | Vladimir Dzhanibekov EP-1 First spaceflight |
  | Flight Engineer | Georgi Grechko EO-1 Second spaceflight | Oleg Makarov EP-1 Third spaceflight |
  
  ### Backup crew
  
  | Position | Cosmonaut | Cosmonaut |
  | - | - | - |
  | Commander | Vladimir Kovalyonok | Vladimir Kovalyonok |
  | Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Ivanchenkov | Aleksandr Ivanchenkov |
  | The launching and landing crews had the same backups |||
  
  ## Mission parameters
  
  * Mass: 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
  * Perigee: 193 km (120 mi)
  * Apogee: 246 km (153 mi)
  * Inclination: 51.65°
  * Period: 88.67 minutes
  