Soyuz T-12 Soyuz T-12 Soyuz T-12 (also known as Salyut 7 EP-4) was the seventh manned spaceflight to the Soviet space station Salyut 7. The name "Soyuz T-12" is also the name of the spacecraft used to launch and land the mission's three-person crew. The mission occurred in July 1984, during the long-duration expedition Salyut 7 EO-3. During the mission, crew member Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to ever perform a spacewalk, and the potential Buran Space shuttle pilot, Igor Volk, was given spaceflight experience. Unlike many Soyuz visiting missions, the Soyuz lifeboats were not swapped, and the crew returned to
Anatoly Kartashov (cosmonaut) Anatoly Kartashov (cosmonaut) Anatoly Yakovlevich Kartashov (; 25 August 1932, Voronezh Oblast — 11 December 2005, Kiev) was a cosmonaut in the Soviet Vostok program. Anatoly Yakovlevich Kartashov was born to Yerfrosinya Timofeyevna and Yavok Prokofyevich Kartashov on August 25, 1932. Kartashov was born in the village of Pervoye Sadovoye in the Sadovoye district. He married and had two daughters with Yuliya Sergeyevna. Kartashov’s first daughter Ludmila was born in 1960 and his second daughter Svetlana was born in 1967. Kartashov would be unable to complete his secondary education until 1948 due to the war conflict in their region. Following