Biography:Yuri Malyshev (cosmonaut)

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Short description: Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev
Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev.jpg
Malyshev in c. 1980
Born
Nikolayevsk, Volgograd Oblast, USSR
Died8 November 1999(1999-11-08) (aged 58)
Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
11d 19h 59m
SelectionAir Force Group 4
MissionsSoyuz T-2, Soyuz T-11/Soyuz T-10

Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев; 27 August 1941 – 8 November 1999) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984) missions.[1][2]

Awards and honors

  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980)
  • Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)
  • Ashoka Chakra (India, 1984)

Publications

  • Co-author of the book USSR-India. At Space Orbit

References