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Farkas Kubasov

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26 May 1980 18:21 GMT. Landing Date: 1980-06-03 15:07:00. Flight Time: 7.87 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz 36. Flight Up: Soyuz 36. Flight Back: Soyuz 35. Call Sign: Orion (Orion ). Crew: Farkas, Kubasov. Backup Crew: Dzhanibekov, Magyari. Program: Salyut 6.

Of note: First Hungarian astronaut. Transported the fifth international crew under the Interkosmos programme, comprising V N Kubasov (USSR) and B Farkas (Hungary) to the Salyut-6 station to carry out scientific research and experiments.

This flight was postponed from June 1979 after the Soyuz 33 main engine failure. The crew returned to earth aboard Soyuz 35 on June 3, 1980 15:07 GMT. Landed 140 km SE Dzehezkazgan.

• 1980 May 26 - Soyuz 36  Crew: Farkas, Kubasov. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 52. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 65.87 days. Perigee: 190 km (110 mi). Apogee: 263 km (163 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 89.00 min.

  Transported the fifth international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising V N Kubasov (USSR) and B Farkas (Hungary) to the Salyut-6 station to carry out scientific research and experiments.

• 1980 Jun 3 - Landing of Soyuz 35 

  Soyuz 35 landed at 15:07 GMT, 140 km SE Dzehezkazgan, with the crew of Farkas and Kubasov aboard.

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