Soyuz 37

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Soyuz 37

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Soyuz 37 (Russian: Союз 37, Union 37) was the 11th expedition to Salyut 6, consisting of the 6th international crew of the Intercosmos program.

[edit] Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.

Launched:

• Viktor Gorbatko (3) - Commander
• Pham Tuân (1) - Research Cosmonaut Template:Country data Viet Nam

Landed:

• Leonid Popov (1) - Commander
• Valery Ryumin (3) - Flight Engineer

[edit] Backup crew

• Valery Bykovsky - Commander
• Bui Thanh Liem - Research Cosmonaut Template:Country data Viet Nam

[edit] Mission parameters

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• Inclination: 51.61°
• Period: 89.12 minutes

[edit] Mission highlights

Pham Tuan of Vietnam arrived with Commander Viktor Gorbatko aboard Salyut 6 in Soyuz 37; they both returned to Earth in the Soyuz 36 spacecraft approximately eight days later. Tuan’s 30 experiments involved observing Vietnam from space, life sciences (including tests of growth of Vietnamese azolla water ferns, with application to future closed-loop life support systems), and materials processing. The long-duration crew launched in Soyuz 35 returned to earth in the Soyuz 37 spacecraft at the end of their 186 day mission.

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