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Vyacheslav Zudov

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Nationality
  
Soviet

Role
  
Cosmonaut

Time in space
  
2d 00h 06m

Space missions
  
Soyuz 23


Selection
  
Air Force Group 3

First space flight
  
Soyuz 23

Name
  
Vyacheslav Zudov

Other occupation
  
Pilot

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Born
  
8 January 1942 (age 82) Bor, Russia (
1942-01-08
)

Rank
  
Colonel, Soviet Air Forces

Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (Russian: Вячесла́в Дми́триевич Зу́дов, born 8 January 1942) is a retired USSR cosmonaut.

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He was selected as a cosmonaut on 23 October 1965, flew as Commander on Soyuz 23 on 14–16 October 1976 and retired on 14 May 1987.

Zudov is married and has two children.

He was awarded:

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
  • Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
  • Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)

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