Sunday, September 10, 2017

Cosmonaut Yevgeny Khrunov born 1933


Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov, born September 10, 1933 in the former Soviet Union, was a cosmonaut who went into space aboard Soyuz 5, January 15, 1969 and returned to Earth on Soyuz 4 January 17.

Although he was not part of the crew transfer, the Soyuz 4 - 5 docking was the first time a crew from one spacecraft had been transferred to another.  It was the only time this was done via EVA.  Apollo 9 would perform the first interior crew transfer a few months later.

Khrunov passed away in May 2000 from a heart attack.


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