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Soyuz 32 | font size="+1">Soyuz 32 | | olspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Statistics | | b>Mission Name: | Soyuz 32 | | b>Call Sign: | Proton | | b>Number of Crew Members: | 2 | | b>Launch: | February 25, 1979 11:53:49 UTC Baikonur LC1 | | b>Landing: | June 13, 1979 16:18:26 UTC 170 km SE of Dzhezkazgan | | b>Duration: | 108 days 04 hours 24 minutes 37 seconds | b>Number of Orbits: | 2755 | Crew Launched: Landed: Mission Parameters - Mass: 6800 kg
- Perigee: 198.4 km
- Apogee: 274.3 km
- Inclination: 51.61
- Period: 89.94 minutes
Mission Highlights 7th expedition to Salyut 6. Docked with Salyut 6. Crew returned in Soyuz 34; crew duration 175 days, 36 min. Its long-duration crew spent 175 days on Salyut 6. Less than 2 months into their stay, Soyuz 33 failed to dock because of a main engine malfunction. Soyuz 32 returned to Earth unmanned with a cargo of experiment results and equipment no longer in use after Soyuz 34 had docked unmanned with Salyut 6 to replace it.
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