In June 1980

In June 1980, the space orbit was launched advanced manned transport spacecraft "Soyuz-T-2." Its flown cosmonauts Yuri Malyshev and V. Aksenov. The new ship can operate in four modes of descent - managed two (automatic and manual), and two ballistic (primary and backup). Compared with previous series of spacecraft "Soyuz" a new transport ship was equipped with the most sophisticated technical devices.