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.

Soyuz 35 launched 1980

Soyuz 35 crew: Leonid Popov, Valery Ryumin

Soyuz 35, launched April 9, 1980, was the tenth manned mission to (the eighth to successfully dock with) Salyut 6.  Its crew consisted of Commander Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin.

Soyuz 35 returned to Earth in June 1980 with Commander Valeri Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut.

Happy birthday, Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas!

Bertalan Farkas, born August 2, 1949 in Hungary, is the first Hungarian cosmonaut.  He went into space once aboard Soyuz 36 with fellow cosmonaut Valeri Kubasov in May 1980 to the Salyut 6 space station.  Farkas spent almost 8 days conducting experiments in material sciences.  They returned to Earth June 3, 1980 aboard Soyuz 35.