Soyuz 37 (russian: Союз 37, ''Union 37'') was a 1980
Soviet
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crewed space flight to the
Salyut 6 space station
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. It was the 13th mission to and 11th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 37 crew were the third to visit the long-duration
Soyuz 35
Soyuz 35 (russian: Союз 35, ''Union 35'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 10th mission to and eighth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 35 crew were the fourth long-duration c ...
resident crew.
Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 37
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Soyuz 37 carried Soviet Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuân, the first Asia
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n and first Vietnam
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ese cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long-duration crew and returned to Earth in Soyuz 36, the resident crew later used their craft to return to Earth.
Crew
Backup crew
Mission parameters
*Mass:
*Perigee:
*Apogee:
*Inclination: 51.61°
*Period: 89.12 minutes
Mission highlights
Pham Tuan of Vietnam
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arrived with Commander Viktor Gorbatko aboard Salyut 6 in Soyuz 37; they both returned to Earth in the Soyuz 36 spacecraft approximately eight days later. Tuan's 30 experiments involved observing Vietnam from space, life science
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s (including tests of growth of Vietnamese azolla
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water ferns, with application to future closed-loop life support system
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s), and materials processing. The long-duration crew launched in Soyuz 35
Soyuz 35 (russian: Союз 35, ''Union 35'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 10th mission to and eighth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 35 crew were the fourth long-duration c ...
returned to Earth in the Soyuz 37 spacecraft at the end of their 186-day mission.
References
External links
Soyuz 37 Part of Salyut Family
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Crewed Soyuz missions
1980 in the Soviet Union
1980 in Vietnam
Soviet Union–Vietnam relations
Spacecraft launched in 1980
Spacecraft which reentered in 1980
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets