Pham Tuan
Phạm Tuân (born February 14, 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian (outside of Russia) in space when he flew aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. On April 1, 1979, he was selected as a member of the sixth international crew for the Intercosmos program. During his time in orbit, Tuan performed experiments on the melting of mineral samples in microgravity. He also carried out plant experiments on azolla and photographed Vietnam from orbit for mapping purposes.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz 37 / Soyuz 36 Research Cosmonaut 23.07. - 31.07.1980 7d 20h 42m
Total 7d 20h 42m
