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Boris Yegorov

Soviet Union and Russia

Boris Yegorov was a Soviet physician who flew aboard the Voskhod 1 mission in October 1964, becoming the first medical doctor to travel into space. His presence on the three-person crew allowed direct physiological observation of his crewmates during the flight, an early step toward the aerospace medicine research that would become central to understanding how spaceflight affects the human body over longer missions.

Facts
Birth Year
1937 3
Nationality
Russian 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Research Cosmonaut 1
Dating
Selection Year
1964 2
Connections

Associated With

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Boris Yegorov - Wikipedia

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Boris Yegorov - Wikipedia
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Nationality

Russia

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Soviet Union

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Sources
1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Boris Yegorov
Spacefacts.deSpaceflights table
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Voskhod Doctor Cosmonaut
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2. Boris Yegorov (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Boris Yegorov lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Boris Yegorov - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1937-11-26
  • Extract
    was a Soviet and Russian physician and cosmonaut who became the first physician to travel to space.
  • In Group: Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    Yegorov was selected as a member of the multi-disciplinary team that flew on Voskhod 1.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
    Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Его́ров; November 26, 1937, September 12, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian physician and cosmonaut who became the first physician to travel to space.
  • Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
    Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Его́ров; November 26, 1937, September 12, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian physician and cosmonaut who became the first physician to travel to space.
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Wikidata: Boris Yegorov
Wikidata Q352137, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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