Monday, February 25, 2019

Soyuz 32 launched 1979

Soyuz 32 crew: Vladimir Lyakhov, Valery Ryumin

Mission patch

Soyuz 32, launched February 25, 1979, was the seventh successful mission to space station Salyut 6.  Its crew consisted of Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin.  They set a record at the time for longest duration in space, 175 days.

A visiting crew (Soyuz 33) failed to dock to Salyut 6, so the cosmonauts had no visitors during their stay.  They returned to Earth June 13.

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