Phạm Tuân
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 77 |
Date of birth | February 14,1947 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Quốc Tuấn |
Vietnam | |
Space missions | Salyut 6, Soyuz 36, Soyuz 37 |
Soyuz 37, Salyut 6, Soyuz 36 | |
Soyuz 37 | |
Salyut 6 | |
Soyuz 36 | |
Spouse | Tran Thi Phuong Tien |
Children | Pham Tuan Anh |
Pham Thi Hang | |
Job | Astronaut |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Hero of the People's Armed Forces | |
Hero of Labor | |
Order of Ho Chi Minh | |
Order of Lenin | |
Medal For Merit in Space Exploration | |
Nationality | Vietnamese |
Education | Gagarin Air Force Academy |
Krasnodarskoye Vyssheye Voyennoye Aviatsionnoye Uchilishche Letchikov | |
First space flight | Soyuz 36 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1698081 |
Phạm Tuân Life story
Phạm Tuân is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos Research Cosmonaut. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.