Aleksei Yeliseyev
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev | |
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 Yeliseyev (right) on a Soviet postage stamp | |
| Born | 13 July 1934 |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 8d 22h 20m |
| Selection | Civilian Specialist Group 2 |
TotalEVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 37 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz 5/4,Soyuz 8,Soyuz 10 |
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev(‹See Tfd›Russian:Алексей Станиславович Елисеев;born 13 July 1934) is a retiredSovietcosmonautwho flew on three missions in theSoyuz programmeas a flight engineer:Soyuz 5,Soyuz 8,andSoyuz 10.He made the world's eighthspacewalkduring Soyuz 5 in 1969.
Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis, who died in the Soviet'sGulagas anenemy of the people.[1]Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev"[2][3]so some regard him as also being a Lithuaniancosmonaut. [4][5][6]
A graduate of theBauman Higher Technical School(1957) and postgraduate ofMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology(1962). Yeliseyev worked as an engineer inSergey Korolev's design bureau before being selected for cosmonaut training.[7][8][9]
Following his retirement from the space programme in 1985, he took up at an administrative position at the Bauman school for several years before retiring fully.
Awards and honors
[edit]Soviet Union
[edit]- TwiceHero of the Soviet Union(22 January 1969 and 22 October 1969)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- FourOrders of Lenin(22 January 1969, 22 October 1969, 30 April 1971 and 15 January 1976)
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"(12 April 2011) – for the great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- State Prize of the USSR(3 November 1980)
Foreign states
[edit]- Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov(People's Republic of Bulgaria)
References
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- ^Neverauskas, Vaidas."Vilniuje vieši trečias lietuvių kilmės kosmonautas".DELFI.Retrieved17 November2011.
- ^Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts: Yeliseyev.spacefacts.de
- ^"Encyclopedia Astronautica", Yeliseyev, Aleksei StanislavovichArchived2008-10-18 at theWayback Machine.astronautix.com
- ^Aleksejus JelisejevasLithuanian Wikipedia re "Aleksejus Jelisejevas"
- ^Sydney Australia Lithuanian Information Centre
- ^"Lithuanian Aerospace Association".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-04-14.Retrieved2016-06-19.
- ^Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts: Yeliseyev.spacefacts.de
- ^"Encyclopedia Astronautica", Yeliseyev, Aleksei StanislavovichArchived2008-10-18 at theWayback Machine.astronautix.com
- ^"Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies" book by Ben Evans, Springer Science and Business Media, 2010.
Literature
[edit]- S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity "– edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014ISBN978-5-906674-04-3
- The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur
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- 1969 in spaceflight
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- Heroes of the Soviet Union
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