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Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Hanoi, Vietnam. Crash of MiG-21UTI trainer. Vietnamese Air Force Graduated from Gagarin Military Academy, Monino, 1978 Vietnamese Air Force. Captain and fighter pilot, Vietnam Air Force. Flew many combat missions during the Vietnam-war. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Intercosmos Group - 1979. Deceased Entered space service: April 1979. Left space service: 31 July 1980. Continued service in Vietnamese Air Force.
Liem Chronology 1 April 1979 - Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Training group of potential Vietnamese 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station. 23 July 1980 - Soyuz 37. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EP-7, Salyut 6 EO-4. Manned two crew. Transported to the Salyut-6 station the sixth international crew under the Intercosmos programme, comprising V V Gorbatko (USSR) and Pham Tuan (Viet Nam), to conduct scientific research and experiments. Returned crew of Soyuz 35 to Earth. Recovered October 11, 1980 9:50 GMT. 1 September 1981 - Cosmonaut Bui Thanh Liem dies at age of 32 -- Crash of MiG-21 fighter.. Bibliography and Further Reading
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