Dumitru Prunariu is a Romanian aerospace engineer who became the first and, to date, only Romanian citizen to fly in space, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in May 1981 as part of the Interkosmos program to the Salyut 6 space station. He spent about eight days in orbit conducting joint Soviet-Romanian scientific experiments, and he later held leadership roles in international space cooperation bodies, including serving as chair of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
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Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu...is a Romanian cosmonaut.
In Group: Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations, Lead sentence
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut.
Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov.
Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov.
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