launched by Russia

Soyuz 36

Success
MAY 26198018:20:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Docked with Salyut 6.

launched from Pad 31/6 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz U into LEO

Spacecraft

Soyuz 7K-T Soyuz 36

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Valery Kubasov from Russia
  • 02 Bertalan Farkas from Hungary
Descending
  • 01 Viktor Gorbatko from Russia
  • 02 Phạm Tuân from Vietnam

At the station

docked at Salyut 6

returned to Earth Jul 31, 1980

last updated Oct 26, 2026