Skip to content
79,433 pages · 13,741 images · since 1994 Browse A–Z Today in space history
Encyclopedia Astronautica The full story of spaceflight
Encyclopedia entry

Romanov, Valeri Aleksandrovich

Person · Russia

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Romanov
Romanov
Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1978-1987. Graduated from Bauman-Higher School, Moscow, 1970 Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Worked with NPO Salyut.

More at: Romanov.

Family
Cosmonaut
Country
Russia
Bibliography
4452

Chronology

6 events

1946 August 18

  • Birth of Valeri Aleksandrovich Romanov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Romanov. Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1978-1987. Graduated from Bauman-Higher School, Moscow, 1970 Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Worked with NPO Salyut..

1978 December 1

  • Almaz Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 3 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Gevorkyan, Grechanik, Khatulev, Romanov. 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.

1981 Middle of

During 1983

  • Salyut 7/TKS-3 (cancelled) - . Crew: Preobrazhensky, Romanov, Sarafanov. Backup Crew: Artyukhin, Berezovoi, Yuyukov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Chelomei, Ustinov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Salyut 7/TKS-3.

    Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.

2014 September 18

  • Death of Valeri Aleksandrovich Romanov. - . Related Persons: Romanov. Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1978-1987. Graduated from Bauman-Higher School, Moscow, 1970 Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Worked with NPO Salyut..