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Anatoly Filipchenko

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Nationality
  
Soviet

Awards
  
(2)

First space flight
  
Soyuz 7

Mission insignia
  

Space missions
  
Soyuz 7, Soyuz 16


Selection
  
Air Force Group 2

Role
  
Cosmonaut

Time in space
  
10d 21h 03m

Name
  
Anatoly Filipchenko

Other occupation
  
Pilot

Anatoly Filipchenko wwwapril12derusscosmphotofilipchenkojpg

Born
  
February 26, 1928 (age 96) Davydovka, USSR (
1928-02-26
)

Rank
  
Major general, Soviet Air Forces

Similar People
  
Viktor Gorbatko, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Vladislav Volkov

Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (Russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Фили́пченко; born February 26, 1928 in Davydovka, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.

After leaving the space programme in 1982 Filipchenko became the Deputy Director of the OKB in Kharkiv.

He was awarded:

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Order of Lenin
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
  • State Prize of the USSR
  • Order of the Banner of the Bulgarian People's Republic
  • Medal "For the Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Czechoslovakia)
  • Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (GDR)

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