Yuri Romanenko
Soviet locksmith, builder, air officer and cosmonaut (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Romanenko.
Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks.[1] In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days; that was the longest stay in space at that time.[2] His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and has become the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.
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Yuri Romanenko | |
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Born | (1944-08-01) 1 August 1944 (age 79) |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Soviet/Russian |
Occupation | Pilot |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) Hero of the Republic of Cuba |
Space career | |
Cosmonaut | |
Rank | Colonel, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 430d 18h 21m |
Selection | Air Force Group 5 |
Missions | Salyut 6 EO-1 (Soyuz 26/Soyuz 27), Salyut 6 EP-8 (Soyuz 38), Mir EO-2 (Soyuz TM-2/Soyuz TM-3) |
Retirement | 1988 |
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