Saturday, June 22, 2019

Cosmonaut Yuri Artyukhin born 1930


Yuri Artyukhin, born June 22, 1930, was a Russian cosmonaut who went into space once aboard Soyuz 14. He had been chosen to fly on Voskhod 3 but it was cancelled.  He flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 14 to Salyut 3 in July 1974 and spent 15 days in space.

He passed away in August 1998 of cancer.



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