Biography:Vladimir Kovalyonok
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Short description: Soviet cosmonaut
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalyonok | |
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 Cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok in Vologda | |
| Born | 3 March 1942 Bielaye, Byelorussian SSR Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Belarus ian |
| Occupation | Pilot-cosmonaut |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Colonel General, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 216d 09h 08m |
| Selection | Air Force Group 4 |
| Missions | Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29/Soyuz 31, Soyuz T-4 |
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions. Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the long-endurance mission EO-2 which set a new record of 139 days in space. He retired from the cosmonaut team on June 23, 1984.
From 1990 to 1992 he was a Director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).
Missions
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union, twice (2 November 1978 and 26 May 1981)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (16 May 1996)
- Order of Military Merit (2000)
- Three Orders of Lenin (15 November 1977, 2 November 1978 and 26 May 1981)
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class (12 August 1991)
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) - for great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
- Hero of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
- Order of Karl Marx (East Germany, 1978)
- Hero of the MPR (Mongolia, 1981)
- Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia, 1981)
- Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (Poland, 1978)
- Order for Service to the Homeland, 2nd class (Belarus, 2002)
External links
- Cosmonaut Biography: Vladimir Kovalyonok
- The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur
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Cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalyonok (left) and Viktor Savinykh (right) on a 1981 stamp of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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