Thursday, February 1, 2018

Happy birthday, cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov!


Vladimir Aksyonov, born February 1, 1935 in the former Soviet Union, is a veteran of two Soyuz missions.  Selected as a cosmonaut in March 1973, his first mission was Soyuz 22 in September 1976.  The mission's main purpose was to observe NATO exercises near Norway.

His second flight was Soyuz T-2 in June 1980 to Salyut 6.

Aksyonov retired in October 1988.

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