Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Georgi Mikhailovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 25.05.1931 |
| Birthplace: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | 27.05.1968 |
| Selection group: | Korolyov-Group / Mishin-Group / TsKBEM-1 / AN-3 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 01.03.1992 |
| Date of death: | 08.04.2017 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz 17 | Flight Engineer | 10.01.1975 - 09.02.1975 | 29d 13h 19m |
| 2 | Soyuz 26 / Soyuz 27 | Flight Engineer | 10.12.1977 - 16.03.1978 | 96d 10h 00m |
| 3 | Soyuz T-14 / Soyuz T-13 | Flight Engineer | 17.09.1985 - 26.09.1985 | 8d 21h 13m |
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| Total | 134d 20h 32m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz 6 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz 7 | Flight Engineer |
| 3 | Soyuz 9 | Flight Engineer |
| 4 | Soyuz 12 | Flight Engineer |
| 5 | Soyuz T-11 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Doctorate degree in physical-mathematical
sciences, Baltic Technical University, St.Petersburg, 1984; honorary doctorate
degree from the same University, 2006; engineer; was selected on 27.05.1968 (TsKBEM-1); he was involved in the Soviet Lunar Landing
Program; resigned from
NPO Energiya 1986 and became chief of a laboratory at
the Institute of atmospheric research within the Academy of sciences; since
1992 he worked at the Institute of atmospheric physics in Moscow; later
retired; hobbies: Skiing, underwater-fishing, car-racing, collecting stamps.
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