Soyuz 37 - Mission Highlights

Mission Highlights

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.

Soyuz programme

Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970)	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	10 11

Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981)	12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	16 19 22

Soyuz-T (1976–1986)	T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2003)	TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012)	TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–)	TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M

Current	TMA-06M

Planned	TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M

Unmanned	Kosmos 133 7K-OK No.2 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2 Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 638 Kosmos 656 Kosmos 670 Kosmos 672 Kosmos 772 Soyuz 20 Kosmos 869 Kosmos 1001 Soyuz 32 Kosmos 1074 Soyuz 34 Soyuz T-1 Soyuz TM-1

Orbital launches in 1980 · →

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 ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

Interkosmos programme

Satellites	Interkosmos 1 Interkosmos 2 Interkosmos 3 Interkosmos 4 Interkosmos 5 Interkosmos 6 Interkosmos 7 Interkosmos 8 Interkosmos 9 Interkosmos 10 Interkosmos 11 Interkosmos 12 Interkosmos 13 Interkosmos 14 Interkosmos 15 Interkosmos 16 Interkosmos 17 Interkosmos 18 Interkosmos 19 Interkosmos 20 Interkosmos 21 Interkosmos 22 Interkosmos 23 Interkosmos 24 Interkosmos 25 Interkosmos 26

Manned flights	Soyuz 28 Soyuz 30 Soyuz 31 Soyuz 33 Soyuz 36 Soyuz 37 Soyuz 38 Soyuz 39 Soyuz 40 Soyuz T-6 Soyuz T-11 Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-7

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