Grishchenko, Vitali Andreyevich
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Ukrainian navigator cosmonaut, 1965-1968.
Graduated from Higher Air Force School. Candidate of military sciences degree, 1980. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Discharged from cosmonaut group in 1968. Member of the staff, Gagarin-Academy of the Soviet Air Force. Died in Moscow, Russian SFSR.
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5 events
1942 April 26
- Birth of Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko - . Nation: Ukraine. Related Persons: Grishchenko. Ukrainian navigator cosmonaut, 1965-1968..
1965 October 23
- Cosmonaut selection - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Degtyarev,
Fyodorov,
Glazkov,
Grishchenko,
Khludeyev,
Kizim,
Klimuk,
Kolesnikov,
Kramarenko,
Lisun,
Petrushenko,
Preobrazhensky,
Rozhdestvensky,
Sarafanov,
Sharafutdinov,
Shcheglov,
Skvortsov,
Stepanov, Eduard,
Voloshin,
Yakovlev,
Zudov.
Although Kamanin desired 40 new cosmonaut-trainees, in the end only 17 were selected. They were:
- Pilots: Voloshin, Sharafutdinov, Shcheglov, Kramarenko, Yakovlev, Petrushenko,Skvortsov, Fyodorov,Klimuk, Sarafanov, Zudov, Kizim
- Engineers: Kolesnikov,Stepanov Eduard, Lisun, Rozhdestvensky, Khludeyev, Glazkov, Preobrazhensky
- Navigator: Grishchenko
- Physician: Degtyarov
1965 October 28
- Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 3 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Belousov, Degtyarev, Fyodorov, Glazkov, Grishchenko, Khludeyev, Kizim, Klimuk, Kolesnikov, Kramarenko, Lisun, Petrushenko, Preobrazhensky, Rozhdestvensky, Sarafanov, Sharafutdinov, Shcheglov, Skvortsov, Stepanov, Eduard, Voloshin, Yakovlev, Zudov.
1967 December 25
- 1965 Air Force Group cosmonaut trainees are examined. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Belousov, Grishchenko, Sharafutdinov, Skvortsov, Voloshin. Of the 18, 13 scored a '5', four scored '4', and one '3'. Belousov, Grishchenko, Skvortsov, Sharafutdinov, and Voloshin - the low scorers - are all to be dismissed from the cosmonaut corps..
1992 May 4
- Cosmonaut Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko dies at age of 50 -- Natural causes. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Grishchenko. American engineer, at General Electric, then NASA Administrator 1968-1970. His ambitious post-Apollo programs were not received well by the Nixon administration..