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Dr Oleg Yuryevich Atkov Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 9 May 1949.

Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Khorostyanka, Samara, Russia. MD Institute of Medical Biological Problems Medical Doctor. Graduated from the First Medical Institute "Ivan M. Setshenov", Moscow, 1973. Doctorate of medicine degree in cardiology from the Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, 1978. Civilian Physician, Institute of Medical Biological Problems.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Cardiologist Group - 1977. Inactive Entered space service: 9 March 1983. Left space service: 2 October 1984. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 236.95 days. Cosmonaut training June 1983 - September 1983.

1989 to 1996, Deputy Director, Department of Space Life Sciences, International Space University, Strasbourg, France. From 1991 also a professor at the Institute of Clinical Cardiology. From 2000 also specialist in telemedicine for European Commission.

Diving.

Atkov Spaceflight Log

  • 8 February 1984 Flight: Salyut 7 EO-3. Flight Up: Soyuz T-10. Flight Back: Soyuz T-11. Flight Time: 236.95 days.
Atkov Chronology

1 January 1977 - Cardiologist Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Cardiologists were selected for planned Salyut / Mir long-duration biomedical missions.

8 February 1984 - Soyuz T-10. Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported a crew consisting of ship's commander L D Kizim, flight engineer V A Solovyov and cosmonaut-research O Y Atkov to the SALYUT-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments.
2 October 1984 - Landing of Soyuz T-11. Soyuz T-11 landed at 10:57 GMT with the crew of Atkov, Kizim and Solovyov Vladimir aboard.
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