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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 90) 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:

  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (January 22 and October 22, 1969)
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Four Orders of Lenin (January 22, 1969 October 22, 1969 April 30, 1971, January 15, 1976)
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (April 12, 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 (November 3, 1980)

    • Foreign awards:

  • Hero of the German Democratic Republic
  • Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
  • Order of Georgi Dimitrov (People's Republic of Bulgaria)

    • Literature

  • S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 ISBN 978-5-906674-04-3
  • The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur

    • References

    Aleksei Yeliseyev Wikipedia
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