Kartashov, Anatoli Yakovlevich
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Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1960-1961.
Graduated from Higher Air Force School, 1954 Pilot, Soviet Air Force. Left team after being overstressed in centrifuge training, 7 April 1961. Serve again as pilot of Soviet Air Force until retirement as a Colonel in 1985. Thereafter worked as a test pilot for Antonov in Kiev. Died in Kiev, Ukraine.
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1932 August 25
- Birth of Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kartashov. Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1960-1961..
1960 February 25
- Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 1 selected. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Anikeyev,
Belyayev,
Bondarenko,
Bykovsky,
Filatyev,
Gagarin,
Gorbatko,
Kartashov,
Khrunov,
Komarov,
Leonov,
Nelyubov,
Nikolayev,
Popovich,
Rafikov,
Shonin,
Titov,
Varlamov,
Volynov,
Zaikin.
The group was selected to provide pilot astronauts for the Vostok manned spaceflight program.. Qualifications: Military jet aircraft pilots under 30 years of age; under 170 cm tall; under 70 kg in weight.. While the Americans sought mature test pilots for their first spaceflights, the Soviets recruited young pilots with the intent of training them for a career as spacemen. There were 3,000 applicants following interviews with medical doctor teams that toured Soviet air bases beginning in August 1959. 102 were called for physical and psychological tests. 8 of these were selected, but then Chief Designer Korolev said he wanted a pool three times larger than the American Mercury cadre. Of the 20 selected, 12 would fly in space. Of the 8 that did not, 1 died in a ground fire in training; 3 were dismissed for disciplinary reasons; and 4 left following injuries in training.
1962 March 16
- Cosmonaut salaries - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Anikeyev, Belyayev, Bykovsky, Filatyev, Gagarin, Gorbatko, Kartashov, Khrunov, Komarov, Leonov, Nelyubov, Nikolayev, Popovich, Rafikov, Shonin, Titov, Volynov, Zaikin. Kamanin reviews cosmonaut salaries. Gagarin is getting 639 roubles a year; Titov 579; Komarov 528 (due to his rank as major and years in service); and the rest, being captains, receive 483. Gagarin is making more than Kamanin, his commander..