Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Viktor Martynovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 13.07.1944 |
| Birthplace: | Barnaul, Altai, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | ??.01.1979 |
| Selection group: | GKNII-1 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 12.12.1982 |
| Date of death: | 14.02.2022 |
| Place of death: | Akhtubinsk, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
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Additional information
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Major General; Russian Air Force, Ret.; test
pilot; was selected for Buran-flights;
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/79 - 1980; retired
in 1981, because he didn't believe, that Buran will ever fly; later Deputy
Director of
GKNII (Flight Research Institute) of the Soviet Air
Force; since 1999 scientific advisor to the commander of test pilot pilot
center in Akhtubinsk. |
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