Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 27.04.1942 |
| Birtplace: | Tula, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 22.03.1972 |
| Selection group: | IMBP-1 |
| Position: | Research Cosmonaut (RC) |
| Status: | Ret. 01.06.1995 |
| Date of death: | 07.09.2022 |
| Place of death: | Tula, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-6 / Mir-3 / Mir-4 / Soyuz TM-7 | Research Doctor | 29.08.1988 - 27.04.1989 | 240d 22h 34m |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-18 / Mir-15 / Mir-16 / Mir-17 / Soyuz TM-20 | Doctor Cosmonaut | 08.01.1994 - 22.03.1995 | 437d 17h 58m |
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| Total | 678d 16h 32m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz T-3 | Research Cosmonaut |
| 2 | Soyuz T-10 | Research Cosmonaut |
Additional information
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Original name: Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov (he
had changed his name in 1957 after adoption by his stepfather); graduated from
First I. M. Sechenov's Moscow Medical Institute, 1965; candidate of medical
sciences degree, 1976; specialized on astronautics medicine at Institute of
Medical and Biological Problems, Ministry of Public Health (IMBP), Moscow; was selected as cosmonaut on 22.03.1972
(IMBP-1);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 10/72 - 12/79; from
1989 to 1997 Deputy Director of
IMBP; received a doctorate of medical sciences degree
1997 an became Professor at International Academy of Astronautics. |
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