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Nationality
  
Soviet / Russian

Name
  
Vladimir Kovalyonok

Time in space
  
216d 09h 08m

Role
  
Cosmonaut


Selection
  
Air Force Group 4

First space flight
  
Soyuz 25

Awards
  

Other occupation
  
Pilot

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Born
  
3 March 1942 (age 82) Beloye, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR Soviet Union (
1942-03-03
)

Rank
  
Colonel General, Soviet Air Force

Space missions
  
Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-4, Soyuz 25

Similar People
  
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Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born March 3, 1942 in Beloye, Minsk Oblast, Belorussian SSR, is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.

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He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967 and was commander of three missions. He retired from the cosmonaut team on June 23, 1984.

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From 1990 to 1992 he was a Director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).

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Missions

  • Soyuz 25
  • Soyuz 29
  • Soyuz T-4
  • Salyut 6

    • Honours and awards

  • Hero of the Soviet Union, twice (2 November 1978 and 26 May 1981)
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (16 May 1996)
  • Order of Military Merit (2000)
  • Three Orders of Lenin (15 November 1977, 2 November 1978 and 26 May 1981)
  • Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class (12 August 1991)
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) - for great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
  • Hero of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
  • Order of Karl Marx (East Germany, 1978)
  • Hero of the MPR (Mongolia, 1981)
  • Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia, 1981)
  • Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (Poland, 1978)
  • Order for Service to the Homeland, 2nd class (Belarus, 2002)

    • References

    Vladimir Kovalyonok Wikipedia
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