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Phạm Tuân, Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut

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Phạm Tuân

Retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and astronaut (born 1947)

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…
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February 14

Day of the year

February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 320 days remain until the end of the year.
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