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Latvia

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Latvia

Launch Sites
Dobele, Elgava, Priekule

Chronology

3 events

1948 January 16

  • Birth of Anatoliy Yakovlevich Solovyov - . Nation: Latvia, Russia. Related Persons: Solovyov. Russian test pilot cosmonaut 1976-1999. 651 cumulative days in space. 5 spaceflights, 651.0 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-5 (1988), Soyuz TM-9, Soyuz TM-15, STS-71, Soyuz TM-26..

1956 May 13

  • Birth of Aleksandr Yuryevich Kaleri - . Nation: Latvia, Russia. Related Persons: Kaleri. Latvian-Russian engineer cosmonaut 1984-on. 769 cumulative days in space. Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO. 5 spaceflights, 769.3 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-14 (1992), Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-3, Soyuz TMA-01M..

1970 December 28

  • Birth of Oleg Germanovich Artemyev - . Nation: Latvia. Related Persons: Artemyev. Latvian engineer cosmonaut, 2003-on. 2 spaceflights, 366.0 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-12M (2014), Soyuz MS-08..