CCCP

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crossed Kármán Line

This astronaut is the first man from Romania to go to space.

First Man from Romania

Soyuz 40

Soyuz 40 was a week-long visitation mission to the sixth long duration crew of the Salyut 6 space station. It was the final flight of the original Soyuz crew spacecraft and the last craft to dock to Salyut 6. It marked the first time a Romanian travelled to space. 

Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.

Soyuz

Dumitru D. Prunariu

Romania

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

Soyuz 35

This mission ferried the fourth long duration crew to the Salyut 6 space station. The crew returned to Earth on Soyuz 37. From the station, the crew took part in the Opening Ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, received numerous visitors, and set a new endurance record at the time. With the flight, Valery Ryumin reached a total time in space of 352 days.

Soyuz T-7

This mission was a visitation and Soyuz vehicle swap to the Elbrus crew on Salyut 7. It marked only the second time a woman flew in space and the first time a woman flew in over 19 years. The crew delivered experiments and letters to the Elbrus crew, left them Soyuz T-7, and returned home on Soyuz T-5.

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