Soyuz 37 Interkosmos mission to Salyut 6 (EP-7) with commander Viktor Gorbatko and Vietnamese cosmonaut Phạm Tuân, the first Vietnamese and first Asian in space. Soyuz-U from Baikonur; docked for an eight-day research visit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 202nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 23 July 1980, 18:33 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1980-064
- Launches in 1980
- 66th of 108
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