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Alexei Yeliseyev

Soviet Union and Russia

Alexei Yeliseyev was a Soviet cosmonaut and engineer who flew three missions between 1969 and 1971, including Soyuz 5, on which he performed a spacewalk to transfer between two docked Soyuz spacecraft, part of the first crew transfer of its kind. He later served as flight engineer on Soyuz 8 and Soyuz 10, and after his flying career he held senior leadership roles within the Soviet space program, including at the design bureau responsible for Soyuz and Salyut spacecraft development.

Facts
Birth Year
1934 1
Number of Flights
3 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Flight Engineer 1
Dating
Selection Year
1968 2
Connections

Associated With

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Aleksei Yeliseyev (Wikipedia)

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Aleksei Yeliseyev (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Russia

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Soviet Union

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Sources
1. Aleksei Yeliseyev (Wikipedia)
  • Lead and biography, birth date
    born 13 July 1934
  • Article text, astronaut role
    Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.
  • In Group: Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович 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 Soyuz 10.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
    Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович 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 Soyuz 10.
  • Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
    Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович 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 Soyuz 10.
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2. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Alexei Yeliseyev
Spacefacts.dePersonal data
Quote, Personal data
Selection date: 27.05.1968
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3. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 601 to 700
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 630, Aleksei Yeliseyev
Quote, Astronaut record 630, Aleksei Yeliseyev
"name": "Aleksei Yeliseyev" ... "flights_count": 3
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