Pham Tuân
Birthday
1947-02-14 (78 years old)
Place of birth
Kiến Xương, Thái Bình, Vietnam
Biography
Phạm Tuân (born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos Research Cosmonaut. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Read more