Malyshev

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Malyshev

Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev Status: Deceased. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 27 August 1941. Birth City: Nikolaevsk. Birth State: Volgograd. Birth Country: Russia. Nationality: Russian. Date of Death: 08 November 1999. Cause of Death: Natural causes. Affiliation: Soviet Air Force. Group: 1967 Air Force Group. Detachment: TsPK-4. Date Selected: 07 May 1967. Date Departed: 02 July 1988. Number of Flights: 2. Total Time: 11.83 days. Comments: Call sign: Yupiter (Jupiter).

Flight Log

Soyuz 22 - - 1976 Sep 15 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz 22.
Surplus Soyuz ASTP spacecraft modified with a multi-spectral camera manufactured by Carl Zeiss-Jena in place of the universal docking apparatus. Eight days were spent photographing the earth. Tested and perfected scientific-technical methods and devices for studying the geological characteristics of the earth's surface from outer space for economic purposes. Recovered September 23, 1976 7:42 GMT. Landed 150 km NW Tselinograd.
Soyuz T-2 - - 1980 Jun 5 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 3.93 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-2.
Test flight of new Soyuz T; docked with Salyut 6. Conducted testing and development of on-board systems in the improved Soyuz T series transport vehicle under piloted conditions. Recovered June 9, 1980 12:40 GMT.
Soyuz Almaz 4 - - 1982 First half - Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew.
Planned Soyuz flight to a dock with the Almaz OPS 4 space station. The mission was cancelled together with the Almaz program in 1981.
Soyuz T-11 - - 1984 Apr 3 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 7.90 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-11.
Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7.Transported a Soviet-Indian international crew comprising ship's commander Y V Malyshev, flight engineer G M Strekalov (USSR) and cosmonaut-researcher R Sharma (India) to the SALYUT-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. Returned crew of Soyuz T-10 to Earth. Recovered October 2, 1984 10:57 GMT.

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