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Soyuz 37

1980 crewed flight of the Soyuz programme

Field	Value
name	Soyuz 37
image	VICTOR GORBATKO & TUÂN PHAM (SOYUZ 37).jpg
image_caption	Crew: Viktor Gorbatko with Phạm Tuân
insignia	Soyuz37 patch.png
COSPAR_ID	1980-064A
SATCAT	11905
mission_duration	79 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds
orbits_completed	124
spacecraft_type	Soyuz 7K-T
manufacturer	NPO Energia
launch_mass	6800 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-U
launch_site	Baikonur 1/5
landing_date	UTC
landing_site	180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
crew_size	2
crew_launching	Viktor Gorbatko
Pham Tuân
crew_landing	Leonid Popov
Valery Ryumin
crew_callsign	Терек (Terek – Terek River
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
orbit_periapsis	197.8 km
orbit_apoapsis	293.1 km
orbit_inclination	51.61 degrees
orbit_period	89.12 minutes
apsis	gee
docking_target	Salyut 6
docking_type	dock
previous_mission	Soyuz T-2
next_mission	Soyuz 38
programme	Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Pham Tuân Valery Ryumin

(Crewed missions)

Soyuz 37 (, Union 37) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space 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-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew.

Soyuz 37 carried Soviet Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuan, the first Asian and first Vietnamese 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

Mission parameters

Mass: 6800 kg
Perigee: 197.8 km
Apogee: 293.1 km
Inclination: 51.61°
Period: 89.12 minutes

Mission highlights

Pham Tuan of Vietnam 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 sciences (including tests of growth of Vietnamese azolla water ferns, with application to future closed-loop life support systems), and materials processing. The long-duration crew launched in Soyuz 35 returned to Earth in the Soyuz 37 spacecraft at the end of their 186-day mission.

References

[http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-37.htm Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 37]

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