Soyuz-U | Soyuz 32
Successful Launch
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Feb. 25, 1979, 11:53 a.m.
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Soyuz 32 was the seventh mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EO-3 expedition, which was the third long-duration crew for the station. The mission began on February 25, 1979, 11:53:49 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Flight Engineer Valery Ryumin into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 175-day stay on the station, EO-3 crew conducted various scientific experiments, performed an EVA and were visited by three uncrewed Progress cargo spacecrafts and an uncrewed Soyuz 34. Soyuz 32 crew returned to Earth in Soyuz 34 spacecraft, while their own spacecraft returned uncrewed several days later. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 19, 1979, 12:29:26 UTC.
Soyuz 32 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 25 February 1979 11:53 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts of EO-3 to Salyut 6. The crew was Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin.
Soyuz Details
Date of Birth: July 20, 1941
Date of Death: April 19, 2018
Date of Birth: Aug. 16, 1939
Age: 80
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
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