Pham Tuan is a Vietnamese Air Force pilot and former fighter ace who became the first Vietnamese citizen, and the first Asian, to fly in space, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in July 1980 as part of the Interkosmos program to the Salyut 6 space station. He spent about eight days in orbit conducting joint Soviet-Vietnamese scientific experiments, and his flight remains a landmark point of national pride in Vietnam.
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launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos research cosmonautView the Source 2. Phạm Tuân
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1947-02-14
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retired Vietnamese Air Force fighter pilot
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In Group: Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations, Lead sentence
Phạm Tuân ([faːm˧ˀ˨ʔ twɜn˨˩] born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnamese Air Force fighter pilot and cosmonaut.
Operated By: Interkosmos, Lead sentence
He became the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, and the first person of Asian origin to be in space when he was launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut.
Associated With: Interkosmos, Lead sentence
He became the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, and the first person of Asian origin to be in space when he was launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut.
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