Valeriy Fjodorovich BYKOVSKIY
9 Worldwide / 5 USSR (Russia)
Date of birth: August 02, 1934.
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The 1st Space Flight:
- Launch: June 14, 1963 at 11.58; "Vostok-5”. Commander.
- Landing: June 19, 1963 at 11.06; "Vostok-5” then by parachute after catapulting. Commander.
- Flight duration: 04 days, 23 hours, 07 minutes.
The new world record of space flight duration.
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The 2nd Space Flight:
- Launch: September 15, 1976 at 09.48; "Soyuz-22”. Commander.
- Landing: September 23, 1976 at 07.40; "Soyuz-22”. Commander.
- Flight duration: 07 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes, 17 seconds.
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The 3rd Space Flight:
- Launch: August 26, 1978 at 14.51; "Soyuz-31”. Commander.
- Docking of Soyuz-31 with Salyut-6 station on August 27, 1978.
- Undocking of Soyuz-29 from Salyut-6 station on September 03, 1978.
- Landing: September 03, 1978 at 11.40; "Soyuz-29”. Commander.
- Flight duration: 07 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes, 04 seconds.
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Total space flights – 3.
Total time in space: 20 days, 17 hours, 48 minutes, 21 seconds.
Date of death: March 27, 2019.