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| Operator | Soviet space program |
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| COSPAR ID | 1979-018A |
| SATCAT no. | 11281 |
| Mission duration | Capsule: 108 days, 4 hours and 24 minutes Original crew: 175 days, 35 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)[1] |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up 0 down |
| Launching | Vladimir Lyakhov Valery Ryumin |
| Callsign | Протон (Proton - "Proton" |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 25, 1979, 11:53:49 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | June 13, 1979, 16:18:26 UTC |
| Landing site | 170 km (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 198.4 km (123.3 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 274.3 km (170.4 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.59° |
| Docking with Salyut 6[2] | |
| Docking date | February 26, 1979, 13:29:55 UTC |
| Undocking date | June 13, 1979, 09:51 UTC |
| Time docked | 106 days, 20 hours and 21 minutes |
 Soviet postage stamp featuring Lyakhov and Ryumin (1979) | |
Soyuz 32 (Russian: Союз 32, Union 32) was a 1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station.[2] It was the eighth mission to and seventh successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 32 crew was the third long-duration crew to man the space station.
Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin spent 175 days in space, setting a new space endurance record. Because of the failure of a visiting crew (Soyuz 33) to successfully dock and the resultant decision to send an uncrewed Soyuz craft (Soyuz 34) as a replacement return vehicle, the Soyuz 32 crew had no visitors in the Salyut 6 space station.