Soyuz T-7

{{Short description|1982 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 7}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Soyuz T-7

| image =

| image_caption =

| insignia =

| mission_type =

| operator =

| COSPAR_ID = 1982-080A

| SATCAT = 13425

| mission_duration = 113 days, 1 hour, 50 minutes, 44 seconds

| distance_travelled =

| orbits_completed = ~1,825

| spacecraft =

| spacecraft_type = Soyuz-T

| manufacturer = NPO Energia

| launch_mass = {{convert|6850|kg|lb}}

| landing_mass =

| launch_date = {{Start date text|August 19, 1982, 17:11:52|timezone=yes}} UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur 1/5

| landing_date = {{End date text|December 10, 1982, 19:02:36|timezone=yes}} UTC

| landing_site = ({{convert|70|km|mi nmi}} NE of Arkalyk?)

| crew_size = 3 up
2 down

| crew_launching = Leonid Popov
Aleksandr Serebrov
Svetlana Savitskaya

| crew_landing = Anatoli Berezovoy
Valentin Lebedev

| crew_callsign = Днепр (Dnieper)

| crew_photo =

| crew_photo_caption =

| orbit_epoch =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|289|km|mi}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|299|km|mi}}

| orbit_inclination = 51.6 degrees

| orbit_period = 90.3 minutes

| apsis = gee

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Salyut 7

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port =

| docking_date = {{Start date text|August 20, 1982, 18:32|timezone=yes}} UTC

| undocking_date = {{Start date text|December 10, 1982, 15:45|timezone=yes}} UTC

| time_docked =

}}

| previous_mission = Soyuz T-6

| next_mission = Soyuz T-8

| programme = Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

}}

Soyuz T-7 ({{Langx|ru|Союз Т-7}}; code name Dnieper) was the third Soviet space mission to the Salyut 7 space station. Crew member Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman in space in almost twenty years, since Valentina Tereshkova who flew in 1963 on Vostok 6.

Savitskaya was given the orbital module of Soyuz T-7 for privacy. The Soyuz T-7 crew delivered experiments and mail from home to the Elbrus crew. On August 21 the five cosmonauts traded seat liners between the Soyuz Ts. The Dnieper undocked in Soyuz T-5, leaving the newer Soyuz T-7 spacecraft for the long-duration crew.{{cite web |author=Portree |first=David S. F. |year=1995 |title=Mir Hardware Heritage |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/SP-4225/documentation/mhh/mirheritage.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204080343/https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/SP-4225/documentation/mhh/mirheritage.pdf |archive-date=2025-02-04 |access-date=2020-09-17 |publisher=NASA |page=49, 93}}