launched from Russia

Soyuz 37

Success
JUL 23198018:33:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

Docked with Salyut 6.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz 7K-T into LEO

Payload

Soyuz 37

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Viktor Gorbatko from Russia
  • 02 Pham Tuân from Vietnam
Descending
  • 01 Leonid Popov from Russia
  • 02 Valery Ryumin from Russia

At the station

docked at Salyut 6

returned to Earth Oct 11, 1980