Vladimir Vasyutin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin | |
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| Born | 8 March 1952 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 July 2002 (aged 50) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Lieutenant General, Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 64d 21h 52m |
| Selection | Civilian Specialist Group 3 |
| Missions | Salyut 7 EO-4 (Soyuz T-14) |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian: Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин; 8 March 1952 – 19 July 2002)[1] was a Soviet cosmonaut.
He was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978 (TsPK-6). He retired on 25 February 1986.[1]
Vasyutin was assigned to the TKS program for a new generation of crewed military spacecraft that would be docked to the existing Salyut space stations.
He flew as the Commander on Soyuz T-14 to the Salyut 7 space station for part of the long-duration mission Salyut 7 EO-4. He spent 64 days, 21 hours and 52 minutes in space.[1] The TKS module was already docked to the Salyut, and Vasyutin was due to lead an extended program of military space experiments; however, he fell ill shortly after arriving at the station and was unable to perform his duties.[2] Although he was originally scheduled to have a six-month stay aboard Salyut 7, his illness (which he had concealed from doctors before the launch) forced the crew to make an emergency return to Earth after only two months.[2] His illness is said to have been caused by a prostate infection, which had manifested itself as inflammation and a fever.[3]
Vasyutin graduated from Higher Air Force School and from Test Pilot School, both in Kharkov.[1] He was a Lieutenant General in the Soviet Air Forces and took cosmonaut basic training in August 1976.[1] He retired for medical reasons. He later became Deputy Faculty Chief, VVA – Gagarin Air Force Academy, Monino.[1]
He was married and had two children. He died of cancer.[1]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Honour (Russian Federation)
- Order of Lenin
- Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (USSR)
- Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Russian Federation Defence Ministry)
- Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (Polish People's Republic)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Cosmonaut Biography: Vladimir Vasyutin". spacefacts.de.
- ^ a b D.S.F. Portree. "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2009.
- ^ David Michael Harland, John Catchpole (March 2002). Creating the International Space Station. Springer. p. 416. ISBN 1-85233-202-6.
External links
[edit]"Illness in orbit" by Bart Hendrickx (March 2011). Spaceflight. 53 (3). British Interplanetary Society: 104–109.
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