Soyuz 37
 Crew: Viktor Gorbatko with Phạm Tuân | |
| COSPAR ID | 1980-064A |
|---|---|
| SATCATno. | 11905 |
| Mission duration | 79 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 124 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Launching | Viktor Gorbatko Pham Tuân |
| Landing | Leonid Popov Valery Ryumin |
| Callsign | Терек(Terek–Terek River |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 23, 1980, 18:33:03UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | October 11, 1980, 09:49:57UTC |
| Landing site | 180 kilometres (110 mi) SE ofDzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 197.8 kilometres (122.9 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 293.1 kilometres (182.1 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.61 degrees |
| Period | 89.12 minutes |
| Docking withSalyut 6 | |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz 37(Russian:Союз 37,Union 37) was a 1980Sovietcrewed space flight to theSalyut 6space station.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-durationSoyuz 35resident crew.[1]
Soyuz 37 carried SovietViktor GorbatkoandPham Tuan,the firstAsianand firstVietnamesecosmonaut,into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long-duration crew and returned to Earth inSoyuz 36,the resident crew later used their craft to return to Earth.
Crew
[edit]| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Viktor GorbatkoThird spaceflight |
Leonid Popov First spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer |  Pham TuanOnly spaceflight |
Valery Ryumin Third spaceflight |
Backup crew
[edit]| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Valery Bykovsky
| |
| Flight Engineer | Bui Thanh Liem
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Mission parameters
[edit]- Mass:6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
- Perigee:197.8 km (122.9 mi)
- Apogee:293.1 km (182.1 mi)
- Inclination:51.61°
- Period:89.12 minutes
Mission highlights
[edit]Pham Tuan ofVietnamarrived with Commander Viktor Gorbatko aboard Salyut 6 in Soyuz 37; they both returned to Earth in theSoyuz 36spacecraft approximately eight days later. Tuan's 30 experiments involved observing Vietnam from space,life sciences(including tests of growth of Vietnameseazollawater ferns, with application to future closed-looplife support systems), andmaterials processing.The long-duration crew launched inSoyuz 35returned to Earth in the Soyuz 37 spacecraft at the end of their 186-day mission.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Soyuz 37 Part of Salyut Family
- РКК "ЭНЕРГИЯ" – ХРОНОЛОГИЯ ПИЛОТИРУЕМЫХ ПОЛЕТОВArchived2018-03-07 at theWayback Machine
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