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Vladimir Kovalyonok

Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942) has flown to space 4 times, spending 216.4 days off Earth in total. Nationality: Soviet Union. First flight: Salyut 6, 1977.

Soviet Union4 spaceflights216.4 days in space

Spaceflights

Sep 29, 1977
Salyut 6
Oct 9, 1977
Soyuz 25Soyuz-U · Baikonur
Jun 15, 1978
Soyuz 29Soyuz-U · Baikonur
Aug 26, 1978
Soyuz 31Soyuz-U · Baikonur
Mar 12, 1981
Soyuz T-4Soyuz-U · Baikonur

Career

Nationality
Soviet Union
Born
1942
Occupation
aircraft pilot, astronaut, military personnel, writer
Rank
Air Force colonel general

In space

Spaceflights
4
Time in space
216.38 days
First flight
September 29, 1977
Latest flight
Soyuz T-4
Education
Balashov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots; Gagarin Air Force Academy; Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Awards (Wikidata)
39: Order of Lenin; Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Karl Marx…

Source: Wikidata Q314921 (CC0): spaceflights, time in space, citizenship, employer, astronaut group, service, education and awards. Only public professional facts are shown.