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Soyuz 32
| Mission Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mission Name: | Soyuz 32 |
| Call Sign: | Proton |
| Number of Crew Members: | 2 |
| Launch: | February 25, 1979 11:53:49 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | June 13, 1979 16:18:26 UTC 170 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Duration: | 108 days 04 hours 24 minutes 37 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | 2755 |
Crew
Launched:
- Vladimir Lyakhov (1)
- Valery Ryumin (2)
Landed:
- empty - no crew
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 6800 kg
- Perigee: 198.4 km
- Apogee: 274.3 km
- Inclination: 51.61°
- Period: 89.94 minutes
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.
| Previous Mission: Soyuz 31 |
Soyuz programme | Next Mission: Soyuz 33 |
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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