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Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Quoc Tuan, Vietnam. Vietnamese Air Force Vietnamese Air Force. Engineer, Air force pilot. Participated in the Vietnam War. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Intercosmos Group - 1979. Inactive Entered space service: April 1979. Left space service: 31 July 1980. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.86 days. Major General of Vietnam Air Force.
Tuan Spaceflight Log
Tuan 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: Prime 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. 31 July 1980 - Landing of Soyuz 36. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EP-7, Salyut 6 EO-4. Soyuz 36 landed at 15:15 GMT with the crew of Gorbatko and Tuan aboard. Bibliography and Further Reading
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