Astronaut Pham Tuan

Pham Tuan

Living place: Ha Noi

Birthday: 14-2-1947 (77 years old)

Global rank: #83259

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Astronaut Pham Tuan profile

Who is Astronaut Pham Tuan?
Pham Tuan is known as the first Vietnamese astronaut to fly into space. He was also the first Asian to fly into space in the Soviet manned and unmanned space program - called Interkosmos in 1980. He carried the rank of lieutenant general and was awarded a state award. title of hero of the people's armed forces.
Titles conferred:
Hero of the people's armed forces
Medal Ho Chi Minh
Order of Lenin
Hero of Labor
Prize Peter the Great
Hero of the Soviet Union
 
 

Young / Before famous

After graduating from high school in 1965, Pham Tuan enlisted in the army and it was he who asked to join the air force.
When the test was conducted, he did not meet the requirements to become a student. pilot who was only sent to study as a mechanic. When they came to the Soviet Union, because many members could not cope with the training process, they recruited a few more students from mechanics to learn pilots. Pham Tuyen is one of those chosen people.
Despite many difficulties in the learning process, but by hard work, he completed the course in 1967, and returned home to fight in the 5th company unit, Red Star Air Force Regiment.
In 1972, he was again selected as a soldier. One of the pilots who trained to fly a night strike fighter.
His first night flight took place on December 18, 1972, and on the night of December 27, 1972 during a battle he shot. crashed an enemy B-52 plane. And received a congratulatory telegram from General Vo Nguyen Giap on the morning of December 28, 1972.
On September 3, 1973, he was conferred the title of hero of the people's armed forces by the state while holding the rank of lieutenant and captain of the 5th company of the Red Star air force regiment.
In 1977, he was sent to study at the Gagarin Air Force Academy in the Soviet Union.
On April 1, 1979, he was selected to be an international flight crew member for the purpose of meeting enough troops. , then he became the No. 1 candidate to fly.
Lieutenant General Pham Tuan's space flight took place in 8 days, starting on July 23, 1980 and ending on July 31/ In 1980, flying with him was cosmonaut Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko and two other Russian cosmonauts
Also in 1980 while carrying the rank of lieutenant colonel, Pham Tuan was conferred the title of labor hero by the state. Medal and Ho Chi Minh Medal.
At the same time, he was awarded was awarded the Order of Lenin and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by the Soviet Union.
In 1982, he completed his course at the Gagarin Air Force School.
Returning to his home country to work, he was assigned the post of deputy. political commander of the Air Force in 1989.
In 1999 he held the position of General Director of the General Department of Defense Industry and held the rank of lieutenant general.
In 2002 he was elected to hold the position of chairman. joint-stock commercial bank team.
On 01/01/2008, he retired according to the regime.

Family life info

Lieutenant General Pham Tuan's wife is Tran Thi Phuong Tien, a military doctor. The couple got married in 1976 and have two children together: Pham Hang Thu and Pham Anh Tuan.

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Summary of Pham Tuan profile

When was Astronaut Pham Tuan born?
Pham Tuan birthday 14-2-1947 (at the age of 77).
Where is Astronaut Pham Tuan's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Pham Tuan was born in Thai Binh, of Vietnam. Mr working and living in Ha Noi, of Vietnam. Mr, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Pham Tuan's global rank is 83259 and whose rank is 286 in list of famous Astronaut.
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Portrait of Lieutenant General - astronaut Pham Tuyen
Portrait of Lieutenant General - astronaut Pham Tuyen
 Pham Tuyen with cosmonaut Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko's reunion
Pham Tuyen with cosmonaut Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko's reunion
 Pictures when returning to earth after the historic flight of Lieutenant General Pham Tuan
Pictures when returning to earth after the historic flight of Lieutenant General Pham Tuan

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Events in 1947 and 14-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Pham Tuan

  • Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
  • Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
  • Soviet Union rejects US plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
  • Marshall Plan proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II (June).
  • India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered at Qumran.

Birthday Pham Tuan (14-2) in history

  • Day 14-2 year 1859: Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.
  • Day 14-2 year 1912: Arizona became the 48th state in the United States.
  • Day 14-2 year 1920: The League of Women Voters was founded.
  • Day 14-2 year 1929: Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre.
  • Day 14-2 year 1989: Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
  • Day 14-2 year 2001: The Kansas Board of Education reversed its 1999 ruling and restored evolution to the state's science curriculum.
  • Day 14-2 year 2003: Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, was euthanized because of incurable lung cancer.
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