Romanenko

Tamayo-Mendez

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18 September 1980 19:11 GMT. Landing Date: 1980-09-26 15:54:24 PM. Flight Time: 7.86 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz 38. Flight Up: Soyuz 38. Flight Back: Soyuz 38. Call Sign: Taimyr (Taimyr - Russian peninsula). Crew: Romanenko, Tamayo-Mendez. Backup Crew: Khrunov, Lopez-Falcon. Program: Salyut 6.

Of note: First Cuban astronaut. First person of African descent to fly in space. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 station the seventh international crew under the Interkosmos programme, comprising Y V Romanenko (USSR) and A. Tomaio Mendez (Cuba), to conduct scientific research and experiments.

• 1980 Sep 18 - Soyuz 38  Crew: Romanenko, Tamayo-Mendez. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 54. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 7.86 days. Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Apogee: 257 km (159 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 89.00 min.

  Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 station the seventh international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising Y V Romanenko (USSR) and A. Tomaio Mendez (Cuba), to conduct scientific research and experiments.

• 1980 Sep 26 - Landing of Soyuz 38 

  Soyuz 38 landed at 15:54 GMT.