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Pham Tuan
Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut 1979-1980. First Vietnamese astronaut. Engineer, Air force pilot. Participated in the Vietnam War. Major General of Vietnam Air Force.
Status: Inactive; Active 1979-1980. Born: 1947-02-14. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 7.86 days. Birth Place: Quoc Tuan.
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Family: Cosmonaut. Country: Vietnam. Spacecraft: Salyut 6. Flights: Soyuz 36, Soyuz 37. Agency: Vietnamese AF. Bibliography: 4452, 6128.
1947 February 14 - .
- Birth of Pham Tuan - . Nation: Vietnam. Related Persons: Tuan. Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut 1979-1980. First Vietnamese astronaut. Engineer, Air force pilot. Participated in the Vietnam War. Major General of Vietnam Air Force. 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz 37 (1980)..
1979 April 1 - .
- Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Vietnam. Related Persons: Liem, Tuan. Training group of potential Vietnamese 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station..
1980 July 23 - . 18:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
- Soyuz 37 - . Call Sign: Terek (Terek - river in the Caucasus). Crew: Gorbatko, Tuan. Backup Crew: Bykovsky, Liem. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 53. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 6. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 35, Soyuz 37. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Duration: 79.64 days. Decay Date: 1980-10-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 11905 . COSPAR: 1980-064A. Apogee: 273 km (169 mi). Perigee: 190 km (110 mi). Inclination: 51.50 deg. Period: 89.10 min.
Manned two crew. Transported to the Salyut-6 station the sixth international crew under the Intercosmos programme, comprising V V Gorbatko (USSR) and Pham Tuan (Viet Nam), to conduct scientific research and experiments. Returned crew of Soyuz 35 to Earth. Recovered October 11, 1980 9:50 GMT.
1980 July 31 - .
- Landing of Soyuz 36 - . Return Crew: Gorbatko, Tuan. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Gorbatko, Tuan. Program: Salyut 6. Flight: Soyuz 35, Soyuz 37. Soyuz 36 landed at 15:15 GMT with the crew of Gorbatko and Tuan aboard..
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