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TsPK-3 astronaut group, 1965

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Requirement: pilots for planned Soyuz, Soyuz VI, Spiral, and Almaz flights. In 1968-1975 the VVS expected no fewer than 20 Almaz space stations, 50 military 7K-VI missions, 200 Soyuz training spacecraft flights and 400 Soyuz space transport flights.

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  • Belousov Belarusian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1968.
  • Degtyarev Russian physician cosmonaut, 1965-1966.
  • Lisun Ukrainian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1989.
  • Kolesnikov Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1967.
  • Stepanov, Eduard Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1992.
  • Preobrazhensky Russian engineer cosmonaut 1965-1980. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute Soviet Air Force, liaising with aircraft industrial enterprises. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Killed in an auto crash.
  • Rozhdestvensky Russian engineer cosmonaut 1965-1986.
  • Sharafutdinov Tatar-Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1968. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Withdrawn from cosmonaut team for medical reasons. Retired from active military duty in 1985. Later taught at a Higher School.
  • Glazkov Russian engineer cosmonaut 1965-1982.
  • Shcheglov Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1972. Graduated from Yeisk Higher Military Pilot School, 1963 Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Withdrawn from cosmonaut team for medical reasons. Died of lung cancer.
  • Khludeyev Russian engineer cosmonaut 1965-1988. Graduated from Kiev AF Academy of Engineering, 1962. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Worked as research scientist at the Gagarin Center. Involved in the Buran program from 1986-1988. Died of a heart attack.
  • Yakovlev Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1973.
  • Fyodorov Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1974. Graduated from E.N. Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School, 1963. Cosmonaut training November 1965-December 1967. Flight controller in Kaliningrad until he retired in 1992.
  • Kizim Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut 1965-1987. Member of first crew to fly between two space stations during a single mission. 374 cumulative days in space.
  • 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.
  • Sarafanov Russian pilot cosmonaut 1965-1986.
  • Zudov Russian pilot cosmonaut 1965-1987.
  • Voloshin Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1969.
  • Grishchenko Ukrainian navigator cosmonaut, 1965-1968.
  • Skvortsov Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1968. Father of cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov, Jr.
  • Klimuk Belarusian pilot cosmonaut 1965-1982.
  • Kramarenko Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1969.
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