Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Vitali Ivanovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 08.07.1935 |
| Birthplace: | Krasnouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 27.05.1968 |
| Selection group: | Mishin-Group / TsKBEM-1 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 30.12.1993 |
| Date of death: | 05.04.2010 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz 9 | Flight Engineer | 01.06. - 19.06.1970 | 17d 16h 58m |
| 2 | Soyuz 18 | Flight Engineer | 24.05. - 26.07.1975 | 62d 23h 20m |
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| Total | 80d 16h 18m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz 8 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz 11 | Flight Engineer |
| 3 | Soyuz 12 | Flight Engineer |
| 4 | Soyuz 17 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute,
1959; Candidate of technical sciences degree, 1964; aeronautical engineer at
Korolyov Design bureau; was involved in development of
Vostok spacecrafts; he was selected as cosmonaut on
27.05.1968 (TsKBEM-1); trained for the Soviet lunar landing
program and later for a Buran-flight; at time President of Soviet Chess
Federation; in 1993 elected as a member of the Russian Parliament, The Duma (in
December 2007 not re-elected); died after a prolonged serious illness.
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