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Vladimir Kovalyonok

Soviet Union and Russia

Vladimir Kovalyonok is a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded three missions to Salyut space stations between 1977 and 1981, including a nearly 140-day stay aboard Salyut 6 in 1978. His missions included hosting several Interkosmos guest cosmonauts from allied nations, part of the Soviet programs practice of flying international crew members alongside its own cosmonauts to partner-nation space stations.

Facts
Birth Year
1942 1
Nationality
Russian 1
Number of Flights
3 3
Firsts
Spaceflight Record 1
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1967 2
Connections

Associated With

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Vladimir Kovalyonok - Wikipedia

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Vladimir Kovalyonok - Wikipedia
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Nationality

Russia

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Soviet Union

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Sources
1. Vladimir Kovalyonok - Wikipedia
  • Wikipedia biography
    Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok is a retired Soviet cosmonaut born on 3 March 1942
  • Wikipedia biography [nationality]
    Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok is a retired Soviet cosmonaut
  • Lead section
    Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the long-endurance mission EO-2 which set a new record of 139 days in space.
  • Article text, astronaut role
    He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
  • In Group: Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts, Article text: program or flight
    All his missions were to the Salyut 6 space station
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2. Vladimir Kovalyonok (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Vladimir Kovalyonok lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 101 to 200
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 172, Vladimir Kovalyonok
Quote, Astronaut record 172, Vladimir Kovalyonok
"name": "Vladimir Kovalyonok" ... "flights_count": 3
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Wikidata: Vladimir Kovalyonok
Wikidata Q314921, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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