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Chronology:autumn 1977
September-November 1977
Salyut 6 launches on September 14,Soyuz 25 follows on September 29. The first occupation of the station is a success,with Dobrovolski and Ryumin performing 2 EVAs. On November 8,Soyuz 26 arrives with Vasili Lazarev,Georgi Grechko,and Eberhard Koellner. This mission is historic for two reasons:the first manned spacecraft exchange (with Lazarev,Grechko,and Koellner returning to Earth in Soyuz 25 on November 21) and the first international manned spaceflight. The first Progress resupply vessel arrives on December 16,departing on January 11,and Dobrovolski and Ryumin return to Earth in Soyuz 26 on February 18,1978. Next up are Yuri Romanenko and Boris Andreyev, Ivanchenkov having been slipped to a later mission.
October 1977
The last ALT tests prove that Enterprise can fly without a tailcone:modifications for spaceflight are set to begin in April 1978 for delivery to KSC in summer '82 and first manned mission (tentatively STS-25) in late 1984. The first Ariane countdown rehearsal,on October 20,is a complete success.
November 1977
42 new astronauts are selected to fly on the Space Shuttle,including 8 women and 4 minority members.