Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 37

Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 72 Soyuz 37 Soyuz 36 Terek USSR
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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	23.07.1980
Launch time:	18:33 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitute:	190 - 272 km
Inclination:	51,58°
Docking Salyut 6:	24.07.1980, 20:02 UTC
Undocking Salyut 6:	11.10.1980, 06:32 UTC
Landing date:	31.07.1980
Landing time:	15:15 UTC
Landing site:	200 km SE of Dzheskasgan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Gorbatko	Viktor Vasiliyevich	Commander	3	7d 20h 42m	124
2	Pham	Tuân	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 20h 42m	124

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Gorbatko
2	Pham

Landing
1	Popov
2	Ryumin

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Bykovsky	Valeri Fyodorovich	Commander
2	Bui	Thanh Liem	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz 36 capsule 200 km southeast of Dzheskasgan. It was the sixth Interkosmos mission. Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Salyut 6 space station on 24.07.1980 and common work with the fourth resident crew.

Pham and his crewmate had to perform 30 experiments including photography of Earth surface, especially observing Vietnam from space. Other experiments were comprehensive test of lungs function, life sciences (including tests of growth of Vietnamese azolla water ferns) and materials processing.