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[b]Space Cover 120: ASTP Precursor Flight Soyuz 16[/b] The Soyuz 16 spacecraft with crew of cosmonauts, Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov was launched on December 2, 1974 and landed on December 8, 1974. Mission duration was 5 days, 22 hours and 23 minutes. This mission was a final dress rehersal of the ASTP mission. The crew tested the androgynous docking system as well as modified enviromental systems, new solar panels, improved control systems and a new radar docking system. The above cover is a first day cover of Russia Scott #4311 which was issued on March 28, 1975.
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