Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Yuri Viktorovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 15.11.1953 |
| Birthplace: | Dushanbe, Kurgan-Tyube Oblast, Tadzhik SSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 25.01.1989 |
| Selection group: | OKPKI-5 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 27.04.1994 |
| Date of death: | 26.07.2001 |
| Place of death: | San Diego, California |
Spaceflights
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Additional information
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Major, Russian Air Force Res.; graduated from
Kachinsk Higher Air Force School, 1975 and from a civil test pilot school
(Flight Research Center), 1986; Candidate of Technical Sciences degree, 1989;
test pilot; was selected as cosmonaut for Buran flights on 25.01.1989 (OKPKI-5); since 1998 later exchange pilot in USA;
later he was working for Graystone Technology; was waiting for a green card to
reside for the rest of his life in the USA and perhaps to become a test-pilot
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NASA astronaut; died of cancer. |
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