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Gennadi Manakov

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Nationality
  
Soviet / Russian

Role
  
Cosmonaut

Time in space
  
309d 21h 18m


Selection
  
1985

First space flight
  
Soyuz TM-10

Name
  
Gennadi Manakov

Other occupation
  
Test pilot

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Born
  
1 June 1950 (age 73) Yefimovka, Russia (
1950-06-01
)

Awards
  
Order of Military Merit Order of Friendship of Peoples Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

Rank
  
Colonel, Soviet Air Forces

Similar People
  
Gennadi Strekalov, Jean‑Pierre Haignere, Toyohiro Akiyama

Space missions
  
Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16

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Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov is a former cosmonaut who commanded two Soyuz flights.

Mankov was born in Yefimovka, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR on 1 June 1950. He was selected on 2 September 1985 and flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-10 and Soyuz TM-16, retiring on 20 December 1996. He is married with two children.

During his career he was awarded:

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Order of Military Merit
  • Order of Lenin
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
  • References

    Gennadi Manakov Wikipedia