Lebedev

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Lebedev

Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Engineer. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: One. Birth Date: 14 April 1942. Birth City: Moscow. Birth State: Moscow. Birth Country: Russia. Nationality: Russian. Affiliation: Civilian Engineer, Korolev OKB. Group: 1972 Civilian Engineer Group. Detachment: TsKBEM- 2. Date Selected: 22 March 1972. Date Departed: 25 February 1993. Number of Flights: 2. Total Time: 219.25 days. Number of EVAs: 1. Total EVA Time: 2.55 hours. Comments: .

Flight Log

Soyuz 13 - - 1973 Dec 18 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 7.87 days. Flight details: Soyuz 13.
A unique flight of the 7K-T/AF modification of the Soyuz spacecraft. The orbital module was dominated by the large Orion 2 astrophysical camera. The crew conducted astrophysical observations of stars in the ultraviolet range. Additional experiments included spectrozonal photography of specific areas of the earth's surface, and continued testing of space craft's on-board systems. Recovered December 26, 1973 8:50 GMT. Landed in snowstorm 200 km SW Karaganda.
Soyuz 32 - - 1979 Feb 25 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz 32.
Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported a team consisting of V A Lyakhov and V V Ryumin to the Salyut-6 space station to conduct scientific investigations and experiments and repair work. Recovered June 15, 1979 16:18 GMT. Returned unmanned.
Soyuz T-5 - - 1982 May 13 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 211.38 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-5.
Manned two crew. Carried Anatoli Berezovoi, Valentin Lebedev to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific research and experiments; returned crew of Soyuz T-7 to Earth. Docked with Salyut 7. Recovered September 1, 1982 15:04 GMT.
EVA Soyuz T-8-1 - - 1982 Jul 30 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 2.55 hours.
Retrieved and installed material samples. Tested equipment.

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