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Makrushin, Valeri Grigoriyevich

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Makrushin
Makrushin
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Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1972-1987. Studied from 1957 to 1963 at Leningrad Institute of Aircraft Design (LIAP). Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Returned to NPO Mashinostroyeniye.

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1940 January 14

  • Birth of Valeri Grigoryevich Makrushin - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Makrushin. Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1972-1987. Studied from 1957 to 1963 at Leningrad Institute of Aircraft Design (LIAP). Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Returned to NPO Mashinostroenniye..

1972 March 22

  • Almaz Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 1 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Makrushin. The group was selected to provide flight engineers for planned Almaz military space station missions..

1981 Beginning of

  • TKS-1 (cancelled) - . Crew: Berezovoi, Glazkov, Makrushin. Backup Crew: Artyukhin, Kozelsky, Romanov. Nation: Russia. Program: Almaz. Flight: TKS-1. Spacecraft: TKS.

    Planned first test manned flight of the TKS large ferry craft. Would have docked with the Almaz OPS 4 military space station. Flight cancelled with the rest of the Almaz program in 1981. The spacecraft was instead flown unmanned to Salyut 6 as Cosmos 1267.

Late 1982

  • Salyut 7/TKS-2 (cancelled) - . Crew: Glazkov, Makrushin, Stepanov, Eduard. Backup Crew: Artyukhin, Berezovoi, Yuyukov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Chelomei, Ustinov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Salyut 7/TKS-2.

    Following the cancellation of the Almaz military station it was still planned that two of the TKS ferries would be flown manned to Salyut stations. In September/October 1979 three crews were formed. In December 1981 Ustinov killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-2 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1443.