Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Valeri Nikolayevich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 07.01.1935 |
| Birthplace: | Vyazniki, Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 27.05.1968 |
| Selection group: | Korolyov-Group / Mishin-Group / TsKBEM-1 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 03.11.1993 |
| Date of death: | 19.02.2014 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz 6 | Flight Engineer | 11.10. - 16.10.1969 | 4d 22h 42m |
| 2 | Soyuz 19 | Flight Engineer | 15.07. - 21.07.1975 | 5d 22h 30m |
| 3 | Soyuz 36 / Soyuz 35 | Commander | 26.05. - 03.06.1980 | 7d 20h 45m |
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| Total | 18d 17h 57m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz 4 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz 10 | Flight Engineer |
| 3 | Soyuz 11 | Flight Engineer |
| 4 | Soyuz 30 | Commander |
Additional information
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Candidate of technical sciences degree in
aeronautics and astronautics, Moscow Aviation Institute, 1958; he was selected
as comonaut on 27.05.1968 (TsKBEM-1); was involved in the development of the
MIR space station; he was allowed to start as civil
Soyuz commander in the Interkosmos program; hobbies:
Photography, movies; later Deputy Director of
NPO Energiya. |
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