Nationality Soviet Mission insignia Extravehicular activities 1 Total EVA time 37 minutes First space flight Soyuz 4 | Total EVAs 1 Role Cosmonaut Time in space 8d 22h 20m Name Aleksei Yeliseyev Other occupation Engineer | |
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Born July 13, 1934 (age 89)
Zhizdra, Russia ( 1934-07-13 ) Selection Civilian Specialist Group 2 Space missions Soyuz 10, Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8 Similar People Vladimir Shatalov, Yevgeny Khrunov, Boris Volynov, Nikolay Rukavishnikov | ||
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis and Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev" so some regard him as also being a Lithuanian cosmonaut.
A graduate of the Bauman Higher Technical School (1957) and postgraduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1962). Yeliseyev worked as an engineer in Sergey Korolev's design bureau before being selected for cosmonaut training.
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.
His awards include:
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