Valeriy Iljich ROZHDESTVENSKIY
81 Worldwide / 38 USSR (Russia)
Date of birth: February 13, 1939.
The 1st Space Flight:
- Launch: October 14, 1976 at 17.39; "Soyuz-23”. Flight-engineer.
- Docking of "Soyuz-23” with "Salyut-5” station was not performed due to technical reason.
- Landing: October 16, 1976 at 17.45; "Soyuz-23”. Flight-engineer.
- Flight duration: 02 days, 00 hours, 06 minutes, 35 seconds.
The first splash down of a soviet manned space vehicle (the Tengiz lake).
Total space flights – 1.
Total time in space: 02 days, 00 hours, 06 minutes, 35 seconds.
Date of death: August 31, 2011.
