Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev

Yuri Vasilievich Malyshev (Russian Юрий Васильевич Малышев, scientific transliteration Yuri Vasil'evič Malyšev; born August 27, 1941 in Nikolaievsk, Stalingrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, † November 8, 1999 in Zvezdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russia) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Training

After Yuri Malyshev attended from 1949 to 1957, the high school " N24 " in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, he joined the Soviet air forces. 1963 closed Malyshev his training at the Air Force Academy in Chuhuiv, Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR from. The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center chose the pilots on May 7, 1967 as a spaceman. His basic training for cosmonauts OKP, which he began in May 1967, Malyshev completed on 18 August 1969. He attended the Military Academy of the Air Force, " J. A. Gagarin " in Monino, which he successfully completed in 1977

Cosmonauts activity

Salyut 6 EP -6

As commander of the sixth guest team from Salyut 6, he tried in 1980 with Soyuz T- 2, this further development of the Soyuz spacecraft.

Saljut7 EP-1

Malyshev was assigned as commander of the mission Salyut 7 EP -1, which should bring the first team to visit the new space station Salyut 7 with the Soyuz T-6. With Jean- Loup Chrétien was the first time a Western European cosmonaut to the team. Because of heart problems Malyshev was removed from the team and replaced by Vladimir Dzhanibekov.

Salyut 7 EP-3

In 1984 he flew on Soyuz T-11 space station Salyut 7, whose third visiting team he was commander. The return to Earth was made with Soyuz T- 10th

Subsequent activities and Private

After he retired from the cosmonaut corps on July 2, 1988, Malyshev was shortly thereafter Deputy Head of the Main Department of the cosmonaut training center. Finally, Yuri Malyshev was promoted to colonel of the reserve of the Russian Air Force. He died on 8 November 1999 in Star City near Moscow.

Malyshev was married and had two children.

Awards

Yuri Malyshev received the following awards and decorations:

  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1980, 1984)
  • Flyer Cosmonaut of the USSR ( 1980)
  • Twice Golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Twice Order of Lenin (1980, 1984)
  • Ashoka Chakra Medal of the Republic of India ( 1984)
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