Soyuz 32



         


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


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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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Soyuz 31
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Soyuz 33






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