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Astronaut

Person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

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Astronaut

Boris Volynov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Boris Valentinovich Volynov (born December 18, 1934, in Irkutsk) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. He was the first halakhic (by mother) ...

Vitaly Sevastyanov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov (8 July 1935, Krasnouralsk, USSR – 5 April 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.

Aleksandr Serebrov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov is a former Soviet cosmonaut. He was born in Moscow, on February 15, 1944, graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a ...

Piers Sellers

Astronomy; Astronaut

Piers John Sellers (PH.D.) OBE (born 11 April 1955) is a British-born Anglo-American meteorologist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three space shuttle missions. Sellers graduated from ...

Rakesh Sharma

Astronomy; Astronaut

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC, Hero of Soviet, (born January 13, 1949) is a former Indian Air Force test pilot, and Cosmonaut aboard Soyuz T-11 as part of an Intercosmos Research Team. Sharma was ...

Salizhan Sharipov

Astronomy; Astronaut

Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born August 24, 1964 in Uzgen, Osh oblast, Kirghiz SSR, now in Kyrgyzstan) is a Kyrgyz cosmonaut. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic ...

Yuri Shargin

Astronomy; Astronaut

Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin is a cosmonaut in the Russian Space Forces. He was born March 20, 1960 in Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR. He is divorced and has two children.

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