The Bulgarian cosmonaut program refers to human spaceflight efforts by the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The idea of a Bulgarian crewed space mission... 30 KB (3,680 words) - 13:55, 29 August 2023 |
Kakalov (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Какалов; born July 2, 1940) is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a... 5 KB (529 words) - 01:54, 20 March 2024 |
Yuri Gagarin (category Russian cosmonauts) Soviet space programme alongside five other cosmonauts. Following his spaceflight, Gagarin became the deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre... 105 KB (10,085 words) - 20:33, 16 April 2024 |
Valentina Tereshkova (category Russian cosmonauts) dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova remained in the space programme as a cosmonaut instructor. She later graduated from... 78 KB (7,367 words) - 13:45, 4 April 2024 |
Igor Volk (category Russian cosmonauts of Ukrainian descent) 3 January 2017) was a Russian test pilot and former Soviet cosmonaut in the Buran programme. Volk became a pilot in the Soviet Air Forces in 1956. After... 11 KB (946 words) - 07:31, 31 March 2024 |
Valery Bykovsky (category Soviet cosmonauts) Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He... 18 KB (1,936 words) - 14:29, 1 April 2024 |
Nikolai Rukavishnikov (category Soviet cosmonauts) September 1932 – 19 October 2002) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these... 4 KB (355 words) - 08:10, 2 April 2024 |
Vladimir Shatalov (category Soviet cosmonauts) 1927 – June 15, 2021) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. From 1987 to... 13 KB (1,402 words) - 21:06, 17 April 2024 |
Aleksei Yeliseyev (category Soviet cosmonauts) Елисеев; born 13 July 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5 , Soyuz 8, and... 6 KB (403 words) - 15:40, 21 March 2024 |