Petrushenko, Aleksandr Yakovlevich
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Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1973. Later worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, then moved to the satellite control center in Monino until his retirement 1991.
Graduated from Higher Air Force School, Chernigov, 1964. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Died in Moscow (?), Russian SFSR.
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1942 January 1
- Birth of Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko - . Nation: Ukraine. Related Persons: Petrushenko. Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1973. Later worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, then moved to the satellite control center in Monino until his retirement 1991..
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
Launch Vehicle: Spiral 50-50.- New Spiral cosmonaut team - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kizim, Kozelsky, Lyakhov, Malyshev, Petrushenko, Titov. Spacecraft Bus: Spiral 50-50. Spacecraft: Spiral OS. A new cosmonaut training group for the Spiral spaceplane was established: Titov, Kizim, Kozelskiy, Lyakhov, Malyshev, Petrushenko..
1992 November 11
- Cosmonaut Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko dies at age of 50 -- Natural causes. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Petrushenko. Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1973. Later worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, then moved to the satellite control center in Monino until his retirement 1991..