Viktor Gorbatko, born December 3, 1934 in the Black Sea area of the Soviet Union, was a veteran of three Soyuz missions. His first flight was aboard Soyuz 7 in October 1969. Soyuz 7 was to rendezvous with Soyuz 8 but failed to occur due to equipment malfunctions.
His second mission was Soyuz 24 in February 1977. It was the third and final mission to the Salyut 5 space station. Gorbatko and fellow cosmonaut Yuri Glazkov reactivated the station after toxic fumes apparently ended the previous crew's mission.
His third and final flight was on Soyuz 37 July-October 1981 to Salyut 6. This mission made history since Gorbatko's fellow cosmonaut was Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese and first Asian cosmonaut.
Gorbatko passed away May 2017.
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