Soyuz-U | Soyuz 37
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July 23, 1980, 6:33 p.m. - July 23, 1980, 6:33 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
July 23, 1980, 6:33 p.m. - July 23, 1980, 6:33 p.m.
Soyuz 37 was the 11th mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the the EP-7 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on July 23, 1980, 18:33:03 UTC, launching Commander Viktor Gorbatko and Research Cosmonaut Pham Tuân, the first Viatnamese cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-7 crew carried out some experiments. They also swapped vehicles with the resident station crew, and returned in Soyuz 36 spacecraft. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on October 11, 1980, 09:49:57 UTC.
Soyuz 37 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 23 July 1980 18:33 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts of EP-7 to Salyut 6. The crew was Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuân.
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Birth: Dec. 3, 1934
Date of Death:
May 17, 2017
Date of
Birth: Feb. 14, 1947
Age: 78
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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