Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Igor Petrovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 12.04.1937 |
| Birthplace: | Zmijiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 12.07.1977 |
| Selection group: | LII-1 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. ??.??.1996 |
| Date of death: | 03.01.2017 |
| Place of death: | Varna, Bulgaria |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz T-12 | Research Cosmonaut | 17.07. - 29.07.1984 | 11d 19h 14m |
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| Total | 11d 19h 14m | |||
Additional information
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Colonel, Russia Air Force, Res. and civilian
test pilot of
LII; graduated from Military Pilot School, Kirovograd,
1956 and from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering degree, 1969; was
selected as cosmonaut for Buran flights on 12.07.1977 (LII-1);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 12/78 - 7/80; later
again Commander Gromov Flight Research Centre at Gromov Flight Research
Institute (LII); after 40 years of working for the
LII he retired in February 2002. |
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