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Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
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Country in Europe from 1918 to 1992
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Vladimír Remek
Czech cosmonaut and politician (born 1948)
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Soyuz 28
1978 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 6
Soyuz 28 was a March 1978 Soviet crewed mission to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station. It was the fourth mission to the station, the third successful docking, and the second visit to the resident crew launched in Soyuz 26.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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