Soyuz-U | Soyuz 36
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May 26, 1980, 6:20 p.m. - May 26, 1980, 6:20 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
May 26, 1980, 6:20 p.m. - May 26, 1980, 6:20 p.m.
Soyuz 36 was the ninth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EP-5 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on May 26, 1980, 18:20:39 UTC, launching Commander Valery Kubasov and Research Cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-5 crew conducted various scientific experiments, including measuring radiation doses received by the crew. Soyuz 36 swapped vehicles with the resident station crew, and returned in Soyuz 35 spacecraft. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on June 3, 1980, 15:06 UTC.
Soyuz 36 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 26 May 1980 18:20 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts of EP-5 to Salyut 6. The crew was Valeri Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas. It also ferried down two cosmonauts from EP-7.
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Birth: Jan. 7, 1935
Date of Death:
Feb. 19, 2014
Date of
Birth: Aug. 2, 1949
Age: 76
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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