Soyuz T-3 was a Soviet space mission launched on November 26, 1980. It was part of the Soyuz program and aimed to transport cosmonauts to the Salyut 7 space station. The mission lasted for 7 days, during which the crew conducted scientific experiments and performed maintenance tasks on the station. The crew of Soyuz T-3 included commander Yuri Malyshev, flight engineer Gennady Strekalov, and research engineer Alexander Serebrov. They successfully docked with Salyut 7 and returned to Earth on December 3, 1980, contributing valuable data to the ongoing research in space.