Home›Soviet Union and Russia›Astronaut Role›CommanderBrowse ByCommanderThis dimension sorts astronauts by the role they actually performed on a mission, such as commander, pilot or mission specialist. Wikipedia defines an astronaut as "a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spacecraft." Browsing by role compares astronauts who did the same job on different flights.FactsCommanderSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1961 1CommanderFilter Results20 entriesNation / ProgramAllMir and Space Station Cosmonauts (6)Soyuz and Salyut Cosmonauts (9)Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts (5)AgencyAllRoscosmos (6)Soviet space program (14)Selection YearAll1960 (6)1962 (1)1963 (2)1965 (2)1967 (1)1970 (2)1976 (1)1978 (2)1985 (1)1989 (1)2003 (1)Number of FlightsAll1 (2)2 (4)3 (8)4 (1)5 (3)6 (1)NationalityAllBelarus (1)Russia (7)Soviet Union (13)Ukraine (1)Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1)Birth YearAll1921 (1)1925 (1)1927 (1)1928 (1)1929 (1)1930 (1)1934 (3)1941 (1)1942 (3)1944 (1)1947 (1)1948 (2)1958 (2)1970 (1)Associated WithAllNASA (1)Roscosmos (6)Soviet space program (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 20Alexander ViktorenkoCommanderAlexander VolkovCommanderAlexei LeonovCommanderAnatoly SolovyevCommanderAndriyan NikolayevCommanderBoris VolynovCommanderGennady PadalkaCommanderGeorgi BeregovoiCommanderGeorgy DobrovolskyCommanderLeonid KizimCommanderOleg ArtemyevCommanderPavel BelyayevCommanderPavel PopovichCommanderPyotr KlimukCommanderSergei KrikalevCommanderValery BykovskyCommanderVladimir DzhanibekovCommanderVladimir KovalyonokCommanderVladimir ShatalovCommanderYuri RomanenkoCommanderSources1. Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarintier 2Wikimedia FoundationYuri Gagarin, lead sectionQuote, Yuri Gagarin, lead sectionTravelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.