Pham Tuan

Phạm Tuân is a retired Vietnamese Air Force fighter pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese cosmonaut, and the first person of Asian origin to be in space when he was launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Who was born first?

• Pham Tuan and Sonny Carter were born the same year
• Pham Tuan and Mary L. Cleave were born the same year
• Pham Tuan and Aleksandr Viktorenko were born the same year
• Pham Tuan and Margaret Rhea Seddon were born the same year
• Pham Tuan and Vladimir Titov were born the same year

Timeline

1. Aleksandr ViktorenkoMarch 29, 1947 – August 10, 2023
2. Margaret Rhea SeddonNovember 8, 1947 – present
3. Mary L. CleaveFebruary 5, 1947 – November 27, 2023
4. Pham Tuan (this page)February 14, 1947 – present
5. Sonny CarterAugust 15, 1947 – April 5, 1991
6. Vladimir TitovJanuary 1, 1947 – present

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