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IMBP-3 astronaut group, 1980

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Requirement: female physicians to visit Salyut and Mir space stations, primarily for propaganda purposes, to upstage American female astronaut flights aboard the shuttle.

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  • Pozharskaya Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1993.
  • Dobrokvashina Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1993. Civilian Physician, Institute of Biological Medical Problems. Cosmonaut training October 1979 - July 1980. Returned to work at the IMBP.
  • Zakharova Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1995. Was married to cosmonaut Yuri Sheffer.
  • Amelkina Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1983.
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