Cosmonaut Anatoli Berezovoy born 1942

Anatoli Berezovoy, born April 11, 1942 in Moscow, Russia, made one record-setting trip into space. He trained as a fighter pilot and reached the rank of colonel in the Soviet Air Force.

He launched in Soyuz T-5 as commander to Salyut 7 in May 1982.  It was the first mission to the new Salyut space station. 

He returned to Earth aboard Soyuz T-7 in December 1982, after 211 days in space, setting a record at the time for longest stay in space with fellow cosmonaut, Valentin Lebedev.

Berezovoy passed away in September 2014.

Soyuz T-7 launched 1982

Soyuz T-7, launched August 19, 1982, was the third mission to the Salyut 7 space station.  Its crew consisted of Commander Leonid Popov, Aleksandr Serebrov and Svetlana Savitskaya.  They swapped places with the Salyut 7 crew and remained aboard.

Soyuz T-7 returned to Earth in December 1982 with Anatoli Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev.

Soyuz T-5 launched 1982

Soyuz T-5 crew (L-R): Valentin Lebedev, Anatolis Berezovoy

Soyuz T-5, launched May 13, 1982, was the first mission to the new Salyut 7 space station.  Its crew consisted of Commander Anatoli Berezovoy and Flight Engineer Valentin Lebedev.  While docked with Salyut 7, Soyuz T-6 (with Jean-Loup Chretien, first French astronaut) and Soyuz T-7 (with Svetlana Savitskaya, the first female astronaut in 20 years).

Soyuz T-5 returned to Earth August 27.  The return crew consisted of Commander Leonid Popov, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Serebrov and Research Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya.