Soyuz 37 (Russian: Союз 37, Union 37) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 13th mission to and 11th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 37 crew were the third to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew.[1]
![]() Crew: Viktor Gorbatko with Phạm Tuân | |
COSPAR ID | 1980-064A ![]() |
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SATCAT no. | 11905 |
Mission duration | 79 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds |
Orbits completed | 124 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Launching | Viktor Gorbatko Pham Tuân |
Landing | Leonid Popov Valery Ryumin |
Callsign | Терек (Terek – Terek River |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | July 23, 1980, 18:33:03 (1980-07-23UTC18:33:03Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 11, 1980, 09:49:57 (1980-10-11UTC09:49:58Z) UTC |
Landing site | 180 kilometres (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 197.8 kilometres (122.9 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 293.1 kilometres (182.1 mi) |
Inclination | 51.61 degrees |
Period | 89.12 minutes |
Docking with Salyut 6 | |
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Soyuz 37 carried Soviet Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuân, the first Asian and first Vietnamese cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long-duration crew and returned to Earth in Soyuz 36, the resident crew later used their craft to return to Earth.
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() Third spaceflight |
![]() First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Only spaceflight |
![]() Third spaceflight |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() |
Pham Tuan of Vietnam arrived with Commander Viktor Gorbatko aboard Salyut 6 in Soyuz 37; they both returned to Earth in the Soyuz 36 spacecraft approximately eight days later. Tuan's 30 experiments involved observing Vietnam from space, life sciences (including tests of growth of Vietnamese azolla water ferns, with application to future closed-loop life support systems), and materials processing. The long-duration crew launched in Soyuz 35 returned to Earth in the Soyuz 37 spacecraft at the end of their 186-day mission.
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Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)". The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions. |
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Kosmos 1149 | Molniya 1-46 | OPS 6293 | Kosmos 1150 | Kosmos 1151 | Kosmos 1152 | Kosmos 1153 | Kosmos 1154 | Kosmos 1155 | OPS 2581 | OPS 5117 | Kosmos 1156 · Kosmos 1157 · Kosmos 1158 · Kosmos 1159 · Kosmos 1160 · Kosmos 1161 · Kosmos 1162 · Kosmos 1163 | Kosmos 1164 | SolarMax | Tansei-4 | Gran' No.16L | Kosmos 1165 | Ayame-2 | OPS 7245 (SSU-1 · SSU-2 · SSU-3) | Kosmos 1166 | Kosmos 1167 | Kosmos 1168 | Kosmos 1169 | Progress 8 | Kosmos 1170 | Kosmos 1171 | Soyuz 35 | Kosmos 1172 | Kosmos 1173 | Kosmos 1174 | Kosmos 1175 | OPS 5118 | Progress 9 | Kosmos 1176 | Kosmos 1177 | Kosmos 1178 | Kosmos 1179 | Kosmos 1180 | Kosmos 1181 | Kosmos 1182 | CAT-2 · Firewheel · FIRE B · FIRE C · FIRE D · FIRE E · Amsat-P3A | Soyuz 36 | Kosmos 1183 | NOAA-B | Kosmos 1184 | Soyuz T-2 | Kosmos 1185 | Kosmos 1186 | Kosmos 1187 | Gorizont No.15L | Kosmos 1188 | Meteor-Priroda No.3-1 | OPS 3123 | Molniya 1-47 | Kosmos 1189 | Progress 10 | Kosmos 1190 | Kosmos 1191 | Kosmos 1192 · Kosmos 1193 · Kosmos 1194 · Kosmos 1195 · Kosmos 1196 · Kosmos 1197 · Kosmos 1198 · Kosmos 1199 | Kosmos 1200 | Ekran No.19L | DMSP-5D1 F5 | Kosmos 1201 | Rohini RS-1B | Molniya 3-13 | Soyuz 37 | Kosmos 1202 | Kosmos 1203 | Kosmos 1204 | Kosmos 1205 | Kosmos 1206 | Kosmos 1207 | Kosmos 1208 | | Meteor 2-06 | GOES 4 | Soyuz 38 | Kosmos 1210 | Kosmos 1211 | Kosmos 1212 | Progress 11 | Kosmos 1213 | Gran' No.17L | Kosmos 1214 | Kosmos 1215 | Kosmos 1216 | Kosmos 1218 | Soyuz T-3 | Kosmos 1217 | OPS 6294 | Kosmos 1219 | Kosmos 1220 | Kosmos 1221 | SBS 1 | Molniya 1-48 | Kosmos 1222 | Kosmos 1224 | Kosmos 1225 | Intelsat V F-2 | OPS 3255 (SSU-1 · SSU-2 · SSU-3) · LIPS-1 | Kosmos 1226 | OPS 5805 | Kosmos 1227 | Kosmos 1228 · Kosmos 1229 · Kosmos 1230 · Kosmos 1231 · Kosmos 1232 · Kosmos 1233 · Kosmos 1234 · Kosmos 1235 | Prognoz 8 | Ekran No.20L | Kosmos 1236 | |
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets). |
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