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Soyuz 38
Part of Salyut
First Cuban astronaut. Docked with Salyut 6. Mission to swap Soyuz lifeboats docked to station.
AKA: Salyut 6 EP-8;Taimyr (Taimyr - Russian peninsula). Launched: 1980-09-18. Returned: 1980-09-26. Number crew: 2 . Duration: 7.86 days.
Transported to the Salyut-6 station the seventh international crew under the Interkosmos program, comprising Y V Romanenko (USSR) and A. Tamayo Mendez (Cuba), to conduct scientific research and experiments.
More at: Soyuz 38.
Family:
Manned spaceflight.
People:
Romanenko,
Tamayo Mendez.
Spacecraft:
Salyut 6.
1980 September 18 - .
19:11 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC1.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U.
- Soyuz 38 - .
Call Sign: Taimyr (Taimyr - Russian peninsula). Crew: Romanenko,
Tamayo Mendez.
Backup Crew: Khrunov,
Lopez Falcon.
Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 54. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 6.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 35,
Soyuz 38.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T.
Duration: 7.86 days. Decay Date: 1980-09-26 . USAF Sat Cat: 11977 . COSPAR: 1980-075A. Apogee: 257 km (159 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 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 September 26 - .
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