Soyuz 38

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	18.09.1980
Launch time:	19:11 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	195 - 257 km
Inclination:	51,61°
Docking Salyut 6:	19.09.1980, 20:49 UT
Undocking Salyut 6:	26.09.1980, 12:35 UT
Landing date:	26.09.1980
Landing time:	15:54 UT
Landing site:	175 km SE of Dzheskasgan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Romanenko	Yuri Viktorovich	Commander	2	7d 20h 43m	124
2	Tamayo Méndez	Arnaldo "Guasso"	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 20h 43m	124

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Romanenko
2	Tamayo Méndez

Landing
1	Romanenko
2	Tamayo Méndez

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Khrunov	Yevgeni Vasiliyevich	Commander
2	López Falcón	José Armando	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 175 km southeast of Dzheskasgan. Seventh Interkosmos-mission. Docking on Salyut 6-spacestation. The fourth resident crew filmed ignition and operation of the transport's main engine.

Scientific work to find reasons of the Space adaptation syndrome. Other goals were Earth observation, solar observation and plant growing experiments, crystal growing experiments.

Launch and landing occurred in darkness.