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Bui Thanh Liem
Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut 1979-1980. Graduated from Gagarin Military Academy, Monino, 1978 Captain and fighter pilot, Vietnam Air Force. Flew many combat missions during the Vietnam War. Continued service in Vietnamese Air Force. Died in the crash of a MiG-21UTI trainer.
Status: Deceased; Active 1979-1980. Born: 1949-06-30. Died: 1981-09-01. Birth Place: Hanoi.
Family: Cosmonaut,
Intercosmos Group - 1979.
Country: Vietnam.
Spacecraft: Salyut 6.
Flights: Soyuz 37.
Agency: Vietnamese AF.
More at: 5694.
Bibliography: 4452.
1949 June 30 - .
- Birth of Bui Thanh Liem - .
Nation: Vietnam.
Related Persons: Liem.
Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut, 1979-1980. Graduated from Gagarin Military Academy, Monino, 1978 Captain and fighter pilot, Vietnam Air Force. Flew many combat missions during the Vietnam-war. Continued service in Vietnamese Air Force..
1979 April 1 - .
- Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - .
Nation: Vietnam.
Related Persons: Liem,
Tuan.
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..
1980 July 23 - .
18:33 GMT - .
Launch Site: Baikonur.
Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1.
LV Family: R-7.
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
- Soyuz 37 - .
Call Sign: Terek (Terek - river in the Caucasus). Crew: Gorbatko,
Tuan.
Backup Crew: Bykovsky,
Liem.
Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 53. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Bykovsky,
Gorbatko,
Liem,
Tuan.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 6.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 35,
Soyuz 37.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T.
Duration: 79.64 days. Decay Date: 1980-10-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 11905 . COSPAR: 1980-064A. Apogee: 273 km (169 mi). Perigee: 190 km (110 mi). Inclination: 51.5000 deg. Period: 89.10 min.
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.
1981 September 1 - .
- Cosmonaut Bui Thanh Liem dies at age of 32 -- Crash of MiG-21 fighter. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Liem.
Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut, 1979-1980. Graduated from Gagarin Military Academy, Monino, 1978 Captain and fighter pilot, Vietnam Air Force. Flew many combat missions during the Vietnam-war. Continued service in Vietnamese Air Force..
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