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Encyclopedia > Intercosmos
East German postage stamp
East German postage stamp

The Intercosmos program was a program by the Soviet Union to allow fellow Socialist nations to participate in space exploration. Most notable were the manned space flight missions, but also unmanned satellites were part of the program. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x663, 111 KB) stamp - East Germany - intercosmos Aut. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x663, 111 KB) stamp - East Germany - intercosmos Aut. ... GDR redirects here. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer space, both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. ... Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers (in contrast to unmanned space missions, which are remotely-controlled or robotic space probes). ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...

Date Prime Cosmonaut Backup Cosmonaut Country Mission
February 3, 1978 Vladimír Remek Oldrich Pelcak

Czechoslovakia February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (633x895, 133 KB)Vladimír Remek, Czech cosmonaut. ... Vladimír Remek Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) was the first Czech in space, and the first cosmonaut from neither the USSR or the USA. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, for seven days, 22 hours, and 17 minutes. ... Oldrich Peicak (born November 2, 1943 in Gottwaldov, Czech Republic) was a Czech cosmonaut and Engineer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Czechoslovakia. ...

Soyuz 28
June 27, 1978 Miroslaw Hermaszewski Zenon Jankowski

Poland Aleksei Gubarev (2) Vladimír Remek - Czechoslovakia (1) Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 198. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Download high resolution version (620x857, 63 KB)Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut. ... The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... Zenon Jankowski (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ...

Soyuz 30
August 26, 1978 Sigmund Jähn Eberhard Köllner

East Germany // Crew Pyotr Klimuk (3) Mirosław Hermaszewski - Poland (1) Backup crew Valery Kubasov Zenon Jankowski - Poland Mission parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 197. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 474 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1010 × 1276 pixel, file size: 183 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German cosmonaut. ... Eberhard Kollner (born September 29, 1939 in Stassfurt, Germany) was selected for Soyuz 31 for Sigmund Jahn. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... GDR redirects here. ...

Soyuz 31
April 10, 1979 Georgi Ivanov Aleksandr Aleksandrov|

Bulgaria Launched Valery Bykovsky (3) Sigmund Jähn - German Democratic Republic (1) Landed Vladimir Kovalyonok (2) Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1) Backup Viktor Gorbatko (3) Eberhard Köllner - German Democratic Republic (0) (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Download high resolution version (599x892, 60 KB)Georgi Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space. ... Georgi Ivanov This article is about Georgi Ivanov the cosmonaut. ... Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (born December 1, 1951, Omurtag, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian cosmonaut. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ...

Soyuz 31
May 26, 1980 Bertalan Farkas Bela Magyari

Hungary Launched Valery Bykovsky (3) Sigmund Jähn - German Democratic Republic (1) Landed Vladimir Kovalyonok (2) Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1) Backup Viktor Gorbatko (3) Eberhard Köllner - German Democratic Republic (0) (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Bertalan Farkas Bertalan Farkas (born August 2, 1949) was the first Hungarian cosmonaut and was the first Hungarian and the first Esperantist in space. ... Béla Magyari (born August 8, 1949 in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary) was Lieutenant Colonel of the Hungarian Air Force. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ...

Soyuz 36
July 23, 1980 Tuân Pham Thanh Liem Bui

Vietnam Crew Launched: Valery Kubasov (3) Bertalan Farkas - Hungary (1) Landed: Viktor Gorbatko (3) Pham Tuan (1) (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (595x895, 65 KB)Tuân Pham, Vietnamese cosmonaut and the first Asian in space. ... Phạm Tuân Phạm Tuân (born February 14, 1947) was the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, the first Asian in space. ... Thanh Liem Bui (June 30, 1949-September 26, 1981) was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ...

Soyuz 37
September 18, 1980 Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Jose Lopez Falcon

Cuba Crew Launched: Viktor Gorbatko (3) Pham Tuan - Vietnam (1) Landed: Leonid Popov (1) Valery Ryumin (3) Mission Parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 197. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (631x852, 63 KB)Arnaldo Tamayo Ménez, Cuban cosmonaut and the first Latino in space. ... Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Cuban Mulatto Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. to travel to space. ... José Armando López Falcón (born February 8, 1950 in Havanna, Cuba) was Captain and Pilot of the Air Force. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ...

Soyuz 38
March 23, 1981 Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig

Mongolia Crew Yuri Romanenko (2) Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez - Cuba (1) Mission Parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 199. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Download high resolution version (637x897, 133 KB)Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, first Mongolian cosmonaut. ... Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, aka Gurragcha Sansar (born December 5, 1947) was the first Mongolian cosmonaut and the second Asian in space. ... Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig (February 5, 1949) was born in Tsetserleg, Mongolia and graduated from the Kiev Politechnical University in 1975. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_Mongolia_(1949-1992). ...

Soyuz 39
May 14, 1981 Dumitru Prunariu Dumitru Dediu

Romania Crew Vladimir Dzhanibekov (2) Jugderdemidiyn Gurragcha - Mongolia (1) Mission Parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 197. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Download high resolution version (612x939, 125 KB)Dumitru Prunariu, first Romanian in space. ... Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (born September 27, 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. ... Dumitru Dediu (May 12, 1942 in Galati, Romania) was a Romanian Cosmonaut and Lieutenant Colonel of the Romanian Air Force. ... Image File history File links Romania_flag_1947-1989. ...

Soyuz 40
June 24, 1982 Jean-Loup Chrétien Patrick Baudry

France Crew Leonid Popov (2) Dumitru Prunariu - Romania (1) Mission Parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 198. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Spationaut Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup J.M. Chrétien, retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) of the Armée de lAir (French air force), spationaut on several Franco-Soviet space missions, and former NASA mission specialist. ... Patrick Baudry Patrick Baudry (born March 6, 1946 in Cameroon, then a French colony), retired Lieutenant Colonel, French Air Force, is a CNES Spationaut. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Soyuz T-6
April 2, 1984 Rakesh Sharma Ravish Malhotra

India Crew Vladimir Dzhanibekov (3) Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (2) Jean-Loup Chrétien - France (1) Mission Parameters Mass: 6850 kg Perigee: 189 km Apogee: 233 km Inclination: 51. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (621x928, 143 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Rakesh Sharma can mean: An Indian astronaut: described below. ... Ravish Malhota (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ...

Soyuz T-11
July 22, 1987 Muhammed Achmed Faris

Syria Crew Launched: Yuri Malyshev (2) Gennady Strekalov (4) Rakesh Sharma (1)- India Landed: Leonid Kizim (2) Vladimir Soloviyov (1) Oleg Atkov (1) (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Muhammed Faris (born May 26, 1951) is a former Syrian cosmonaut. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Syria. ...

Soyuz TM-3
July 6, 1988 Aleksandr Aleksandrov

Bulgaria Soyuz TM-3 was the third Soviet expedition to the Mir space station. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (born December 1, 1951, Omurtag, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian cosmonaut. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ...

Soyuz TM-5
August 29, 1988 Abdul Ahad Mohmand Mohammad Dauran Ghulam Masum

Afghanistan Crew Launched: Anatoly Solovyev (1) Viktor Savinykh (1) Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov (1) - Bulgaria Landed: Vladimir Lyakhov (3) Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1) - Afghanistan Mission Parameters Mass: 7000 kg Perigee: 173 km Apogee: 241 km Inclination: 51. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (605x937, 136 KB) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Abdul Ahad Mohmand (b. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 401 pixelsFull resolution (2098 × 1052 pixel, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image was (or all images in this article or category were) uploaded in the JPEG format. ...

Soyuz TM-6

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