Soyuz 38
Launch Date
September 18, 1980
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Soyuz 38
Launch Date
September 18, 1980
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
2
Overview
Soyuz 38 was a visitation mission to the fourth long duration crew of the Salyut 6 space station. It carried Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban and first person of African descent to fly in space.
Crafts
Soyuz
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.
