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| COSPAR ID | 1979-018A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 11281 |
| Mission duration | 108 days |
| Orbits completed | 2,755 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up None 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 kilometres (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
Soyuz 32 (Russian: Союз 32, Union 32) was a 1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station.[1] 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.
- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-32.htm