Biography:Vyacheslav Zudov

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Short description: Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2024)
Vyacheslav Zudov
Zudov (left) and Valery Rozhdestvensky on a 1977 Soviet stamp
Born(1942-01-08)8 January 1942
Bor, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died12 June 2024(2024-06-12) (aged 82)
OccupationPilot
Space career
Soviet cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
2d 00h 06m
SelectionAir Force Group 3
MissionsSoyuz 23
Retirement14 May 1987

Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (Russian: Вячесла́в Дми́триевич Зу́дов, 8 January 1942 – 12 June 2024) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Biography

Zudov was selected as a cosmonaut on 23 October 1965, flew as commander on Soyuz 23 on 14–16 October 1976, and retired on 14 May 1987.[1] He was married and had two children. Zudov died on 12 June 2024, at the age of 82.[2] He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 14 June.[3]

Awards

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
  • Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
  • Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)

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