Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Soyuz 36 launched 1980

Soyuz 36 crew (L-R): Bertalan Farkas, Valeri Kubasov

Mission patch


Soyuz 36, launched May 26, 1980, was the eleventh mission to the Salyut 6 space station, and the ninth successful docking.  Its crew consisted of Valeri Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut.

It landed July 31 with Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese cosmonaut.

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