Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Vasili Grigoriyevich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 23.02.1928 |
| Birthplace: | Poroshino, Altai Kray, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 26.05.1964 |
| Selection group: | Voskhod-1 / TsPK-3 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 27.11.1985 |
| Date of death: | 31.12.1990 |
| Place of deatht: | Moscow, Russian SFSR |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz 12 | Commander | 27.09. - 29.09.1973 | 1d 23h 15m |
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| Total | 1d 23h 15m | |||
Suborbital Spaceflights above the Karman line (100 km)
| No. | Mission | Position | Date | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz 18A | Commander | 05.04.1975 | 21m 27s |
Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Voskhod | Doctor Cosmonaut |
| 2 | Soyuz 9 | Commander |
| 3 | Soyuz 17 | Commander |
| 4 | Soyuz T-3 | Commander |
Additional information
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Graduated from Higher Air Force School;
doctorate degree of medicine, 1951; Colonel, Soviet Air Force Res.; was
selected as cosmonaut on 26.05.1964 (Voskhod, since 17.01.1966 for
TsPK-3);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 17.01.1966 - 12/67;
was crewmember of the on 05.04.1975 aborted mission
Soyuz 18A
(together with Oleg Makarov); was
assigned as backup for
Soyuz T-3; after he retired from active duty
he worked as a civil servant with the Organisation Snaniye of the
TsPK; died on alcohol poisoning. |
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