Soyuz 38 Interkosmos mission to Salyut 6 (EP-8) with commander Yuri Romanenko and Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban, Latin American, and person of African descent in space. Soyuz-U from Baikonur; docked for an eight-day research stay.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 209th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 18 September 1980, 19:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1980-075
- Launches in 1980
- 77th of 108
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