Soyuz 38

Soyuz 38 was a human spaceflight mission conducted by the Soviet Union during September, 1980.^[1] The Soyuz spacecraft brought two visiting crew members to the Salyut 6 space station, one of whom was an Intercosmos cosmonaut from Cuba.

Crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Yuri Romanenko Second spaceflight Soviet Union
Research Cosmonaut	Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez First spaceflight Cuba

Backup crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Yevgeni Khrunov Soviet Union
Research Cosmonaut	José Armando López Falcón Cuba

Mission parameters

Mass: 6800 kg
Perigee: 199.7 km
Apogee: 273.5 km
Inclination: 51.63°
Period: 88.194 minutes

Mission highlights

12th expedition to Salyut 6. 7th international crew. Carried Intercosmos cosmonaut from Cuba. The Soyuz 38 docking occurred in darkness. As the spacecraft approached Salyut 6, the Dniepers could see only its “headlights.” Ryumin filmed ignition and operation of the transport’s main engine. Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez of Cuba and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko docked without incident.

References

↑ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-38.htm

External links

Soyuz 38 - NSSDC Id: 1980-075A

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Uncrewed
missions

Soyuz 7K-OK	Kosmos 133 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2

Soyuz 7K-L1/L1S (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 Kosmos 154 Zond 1967A Zond 1967B Zond 4 Zond 1968A Zond 1968B Zond 5 Zond 6 Zond 1969A Zond-M 1 Zond-M 2 Zond 7 Zond 8 Zond 9 Zond 10

Soyuz 7K-T	Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 32 (uncrewed landing) Soyuz 34 (uncrewed launch)

Soyuz 7K-TM	Kosmos 638 Kosmos 672

Soyuz 7K-S	Kosmos 670 Kosmos 772 Kosmos 869

Soyuz 7K-T/A9	Soyuz 20

Soyuz-T ("Soyuz 7K-ST")	Kosmos 1001 Kosmos 1074 Soyuz T-1

Soyuz-TM ("Soyuz 7K-STM")	Soyuz TM-1

Crewed
missions

Past

Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970)	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	10 11

Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981)	12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (crewed launch) 33 34 (crewed landing) 35 36 37 38 39 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	16 19 22

Soyuz-T (1976–1986)	T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2003)	TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012)	TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2015)	TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M

Current

Soyuz-TMA-M (2015)	TMA-18M TMA-19M

Planned

Soyuz-TMA-M (2015–2016)	TMA-20M

Soyuz-MS (2016– )	MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05

← 1979 · Orbital launches in 1980 · 1981 →

Kosmos 1149 \| Molniya 1-46 \| OPS 6293 \| Kosmos 1150 \| Kosmos 1151 \| Kosmos 1152 \| Kosmos 1153 \| Kosmos 1154 \| Kosmos 1155 \| OPS 2581 \| OPS 5117 \| Kosmos 1156 · Kosmos 1157 · Kosmos 1158 · Kosmos 1159 · Kosmos 1160 · Kosmos 1161 · Kosmos 1162 · Kosmos 1163 \| Kosmos 1164 \| SolarMax \| Tansei-4 \| Gran' No.16L \| Kosmos 1165 \| Ayame-2 \| OPS 7245 (SSU-1 · SSU-2 · SSU-3) \| Kosmos 1166 \| Kosmos 1167 \| Kosmos 1168 \| Kosmos 1169 \| Progress 8 \| Kosmos 1170 \| Kosmos 1171 \| Soyuz 35 \| Kosmos 1172 \| Kosmos 1173 \| Kosmos 1174 \| Kosmos 1175 \| OPS 5118 \| Progress 9 \| Kosmos 1176 \| Kosmos 1177 \| Kosmos 1178 \| Kosmos 1179 \| Kosmos 1180 \| Kosmos 1181 \| Kosmos 1182 \| CAT-2 · Firewheel · FIRE B · FIRE C · FIRE D · FIRE E · Amsat-P3A \| Soyuz 36 \| Kosmos 1183 \| NOAA-B \| Kosmos 1184 \| Soyuz T-2 \| Kosmos 1185 \| Kosmos 1186 \| Kosmos 1187 \| Gorizont No.15L \| Kosmos 1188 \| Meteor-Priroda No.3-1 \| OPS 3123 \| Molniya 1-47 \| Kosmos 1189 \| Progress 10 \| Kosmos 1190 \| Kosmos 1191 \| Kosmos 1192 · Kosmos 1193 · Kosmos 1194 · Kosmos 1195 · Kosmos 1196 · Kosmos 1197 · Kosmos 1198 · Kosmos 1199 \| Kosmos 1200 \| Ekran No.19L \| DMSP-5D1 F5 \| Kosmos 1201 \| Rohini RS-1B \| Molniya 3-13 \| Soyuz 37 \| Kosmos 1202 \| Kosmos 1203 \| Kosmos 1204 \| Kosmos 1205 \| Kosmos 1206 \| Kosmos 1207 \| Kosmos 1208 \| \| Meteor 2-06 \| GOES 4 \| Soyuz 38 \| Kosmos 1210 \| Kosmos 1211 \| Kosmos 1212 \| Progress 11 \| Kosmos 1213 \| Gran' No.17L \| Kosmos 1214 \| Kosmos 1215 \| Kosmos 1216 \| Kosmos 1218 \| Soyuz T-3 \| Kosmos 1217 \| OPS 6294 \| Kosmos 1219 \| Kosmos 1220 \| Kosmos 1221 \| SBS-1 \| Molniya 1-48 \| Kosmos 1222 \| Kosmos 1224 \| Kosmos 1225 \| Intelsat V F-2 \| OPS 3255 (SSU-1 · SSU-2 · SSU-3) · LIPS-1 \| Kosmos 1226 \| OPS 5805 \| Kosmos 1227 \| Kosmos 1228 · Kosmos 1229 · Kosmos 1230 · Kosmos 1231 · Kosmos 1232 · Kosmos 1233 · Kosmos 1234 · Kosmos 1235 \| Prognoz 8 \| Ekran No.20L \| Kosmos 1236

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

Interkosmos programme

Satellites	Interkosmos 1 Interkosmos 2 Interkosmos 3 Interkosmos 4 Interkosmos 5 Interkosmos 6 Interkosmos 7 Interkosmos 8 Interkosmos 9 Interkosmos 10 Interkosmos 11 Interkosmos 12 Interkosmos 13 Interkosmos 14 Interkosmos 15 Interkosmos 16 Interkosmos 17 Interkosmos 18 Interkosmos 19 Interkosmos 20 Interkosmos 21 Interkosmos 22 Interkosmos 23 Interkosmos 24 Interkosmos 25 Interkosmos 26

Manned flights	Soyuz 28 Soyuz 30 Soyuz 31 Soyuz 33 Soyuz 36 Soyuz 37 Soyuz 38 Soyuz 39 Soyuz 40 Soyuz T-6 Soyuz T-11 Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-7

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