Soyuz-U | Soyuz 38
Successful Launch
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Sept. 18, 1980, 7:11 p.m.
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Soyuz 38 was the 12th mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EP-8 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on September 18, 1980, 19:11:03 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Romanenko and Research Cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-8 crew carried out medical and other experiments, including Earth and solar observation, plant and crystal growing. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on September 26, 1980, 15:54:27 UTC.
Soyuz 38 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 18 September 1980 19:11 UTC. It transported two cosmonauts of EP-8 to Salyut 6. The crew was Yuri Romanenko and Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
Soyuz Details
Date of Birth: Jan. 29, 1942
Age: 78
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