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Anatoli Mikhailovich Sokovykh Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 12 January 1944.

Personal: Male. Born in Skovorodino, Amur, Russia. Soviet Air Force Graduated from Kachinsk Higher Air Force School, 1966 and from Air Force School of Test Pilots in Akhtubinsk. Graduated from MAI, 1978. Soviet Air Force. Colonel and test pilot, Soviet Air Force.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Buran Group 1 - 1978. Inactive Entered space service: January 1979. Left space service: 1986. Cosmonaut training January 1979 - November 1980. Buran Test Pilot. Discharged for disciplinary reasons after an aircraft accident.

Sokovykh Chronology

1 December 1978 - Buran Cosmonaut Training Group 1 selected.. Experienced test pilots were selected to train for manned missions using the Buran space shuttle.

Bibliography:

Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", Web Address when accessed: http://www.spacefacts.de/.

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