Soyuz 32
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| Mission name | Soyuz 32 | ||||
| Crew size | 2 (at launch) 0 (at landing) |
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| Call sign | Proton | ||||
| Launch date | February 25, 1979 11:53:49 UTC Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | June 13, 1979 16:18:26 UTC 170 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
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| Mission duration | 108d/04:24:37 | ||||
| Number of orbits | 2755 | ||||
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[edit] Crew
Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.
Launched:
- Vladimir Lyakhov (1) - Commander
- Valery Ryumin (2) - Flight Engineer
Landed:
- Empty - no crew
[edit] Backup crew
- Leonid Popov - Commander
- Valentin Lebedev - Flight Engineer
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 6800 kg
- Perigee: 198.4 km
- Apogee: 274.3 km
- Inclination: 51.61°
- Period: 89.94 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
7th expedition to Salyut 6. Docked with Salyut 6. Crew returned in Soyuz 34; crew duration 175 days, 36 min.
Its long-duration crew spent 175 days on Salyut 6. Less than 2 months into their stay, Soyuz 33 failed to dock because of a main engine malfunction. Soyuz 32 returned to Earth unmanned with a cargo of experiment results and equipment no longer in use after Soyuz 34 had docked unmanned with Salyut 6 to replace it.
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