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Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 14 April 1942.

Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Moscow, Moscow, Russia. Korolev Design Bureau Graduated from Higher Air Force School in Orenburg, 1960. Candidate of Technical Sciences degree, 1975. Doctorate degree of technical sciences, 1985. Civilian Engineer, Korolev OKB. Aircraft structures specialist.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Energia Engineer Group 3 - 1972. Inactive Entered space service: 22 March 1972. Left space service: 25 February 1993. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 219.25 days. Number of EVAs: 1.00. Total EVA Time: 0.11 days.

Director, Institute of Geosciences, Academy of Sciences. Later retired.

Lebedev Spaceflight Log

  • 18 December 1973 Flight: Soyuz 13. Flight Up: Soyuz 13. Flight Back: Soyuz 13. Flight Time: 7.87 days.
  • 13 May 1982 Flight: Salyut 7 EO-1. Flight Up: Soyuz T-5. Flight Back: Soyuz T-7. Flight Time: 211.38 days.
Lebedev Chronology

22 March 1972 - Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 3 selected..

18 December 1973 - Soyuz 13. A unique flight of the 7K-T/AF modification of the Soyuz spacecraft. The orbital module was dominated by the large Orion 2 astrophysical camera. The crew conducted astrophysical observations of stars in the ultraviolet range. Additional experiments included spectrozonal photography of specific areas of the earth's surface, and continued testing of space craft's on-board systems.
26 December 1973 - Landing of Soyuz 13. Soyuz 13 landed at 08:50 GMT in a snowstorm, 200 km SW of Karaganda.
25 February 1979 - Soyuz 32. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported a team consisting of V A Lyakhov and V V Ryumin to the Salyut-6 space station to conduct scientific investigations and experiments and repair work. Recovered June 15, 1979 16:18 GMT. Returned unmanned.
13 May 1982 - Soyuz T-5. Carried Anatoli Berezovoi, Valentin Lebedev to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific research and experiments; returned crew of Soyuz T-7 to Earth.
30 July 1982 - EVA Salyut 7 EO-1-1. Retrieved and installed material samples. Tested equipment.
10 December 1982 - Landing of Soyuz T-7. Soyuz T-7 landed at 19:03 GMT, 118 km E of Dzhezkazgan, with the crew of Berezovoi and Lebedev aboard.
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