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Vladimir Lyakhov

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Time in space
  
333d 07h 47m

First space flight
  
Soyuz 32

Role
  
Cosmonaut


Name
  
Vladimir Lyakhov

Selection
  
Air Force Group 4

Other occupation
  
Pilot

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Born
  
July 20, 1941 (age 82) Antratsyt, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (
1941-07-20
)

Awards
  
Order of Lenin (2) Order of the October Revolution Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

Space missions
  
Soyuz TM-6, Soyuz T-9, Soyuz 32, Soyuz TM-5

Rank
  
Colonel, Soviet Air Forces

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Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (Russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич Ля́хов; born July 20, 1941) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.

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He was selected as cosmonaut on May 5, 1967, and retired on September 7, 1994. Lyakhov was the Commander on Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9 and Soyuz TM-6, and spent 333 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes in space. He is married and has two children.

He was awarded:

  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union;
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR;
  • Two Orders of Lenin;
  • Order of the October Revolution;
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation);
  • Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia);
  • Order "The Sun of Liberty" (Afghanistan);
  • Order of Merit 3rd class (Ukraine).

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    References

    Vladimir Lyakhov Wikipedia
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