Soyuz 36

Soyuz 36 (Russian: Союз 36, Union 36) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 11th mission to and ninth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 36 crew were the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew.

Soyuz 36 carried Valery Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long-duration crew and returned to Earth in Soyuz 35; a later crew used their craft to return to Earth.

Crew

Soyuz 36 was a Soviet space mission in 1980. It was the 11th time people visited the Salyut 6 space station and the ninth time they successfully connected to it. The crew of Soyuz 36 were the first to visit the people who had been living on Soyuz 35 for a long time.

Mission parameters

Soyuz 36 was a Soviet space mission in 1980. It had a mass of 6,800 kg and traveled around Earth every 89 minutes. The closest it got to Earth was 197.5 km, and the farthest was 281.9 km.

Mission highlights

Soyuz 36 was launched on 26 May 1980 with Valery Kubasov and Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas. They traveled to the Salyut 6 space station, where Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin, who had arrived aboard Soyuz 35, were already living. The mission was delayed because of a problem with the Soyuz 33 flight.

After arriving, the crew did many experiments for Hungary, including one called Pille that measured radiation using tiny devices. They also studied how weightlessness affects human cells and took pictures of Earth. Later, they switched spacecraft with the long-duration crew before leaving the station and landing near Dzhezkazgan. The Soyuz 36 spacecraft was then used to bring the crew of Soyuz 37 back to Earth.