Yershov, Valentin Gavriyilovich
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Russian scientist cosmonaut, 1967-1974.
Engineering diploma in aircraft engineering from Moscow Aviation Institute, 1953. In all his documents his birth was dated with July 21, 1928. Civilian Scientist, from Academy of Sciences. Cosmonaut training May 1967 - August 1968. Trained for the Soviet Lunar Landing Program. Dismissed from cosmonaut training by TsPK Director Beregovoi when Yershov refused to become a member of the Communist Party. Senior Scientist, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow. In 1982 he retired. Died in Moscow, Russian Federation.
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1928 January 21
- Birth of Valentin Gavriyilovich Yershov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Yershov. Russian scientist cosmonaut, 1967-1974..
1966 December 7
- Soyuz and L1 crew assignments. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Beregovoi,
Bykovsky,
Gagarin,
Gorbatko,
Grechko,
Kerimov,
Khrunov,
Komarov,
Kubasov,
Leonov,
Makarov,
Mishin,
Nikolayev,
Rudenko,
Shatalov,
Volkov,
Volynov,
Yeliseyev,
Yershov.
Program: Soyuz.
Flight: Soyuz 1,
Soyuz 2A,
Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 1,
Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 2,
Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 3,
Soyuz s/n 3/4,
Soyuz s/n 5/6,
Soyuz s/n 7.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1,
Soyuz 7K-OK.
Rudenko, Mishin, Kerimov and Kamanin agree on crews for upcoming flights. Komarov, Bykovsky, Khrunov, and Yeliseyev are assigned to Soyuz s/n 3 and 4; Gagarin, Nikolayev, Gorbatko, and Kubasov to Soyuz s/n 5 and 6, with Beregovoi, Shatalov, Volkov, and Makarov trained as back-ups. For Soyuz s/n 7, which will conduct space welding experiments with the Vulkan furnace, the commander will be either Komarov, Bykovsky, Gagarin, Nikolayev, Beregovoi, or Shatalov. The other two crewmembers will be either Lankin and Fartushniy from the Paton Institute, VVS cosmonaut Kolodin, or an engineer from OKB-1.
Crews for the L1 must be named in order to complete the five-month training program in time. Eight L1's are being completed to the manned configuration, but Mishin believes it is necessary to plan for only six manned missions. It is decided to train nine crews. Spacecraft commanders will be Komarov, Bykovsky, Nikolayev, Gagarin, Leonov, Khrunov, Volynov, Beregovoi, and Shatalov. Flight engineers will be Yeliseyev, Kubasov, Makarov, Volkov, and Grechko. Komarov, Bykovsky or Nikolayev will command the first circumlunar flight. Mishin promises to name the OKB-1 candidates for that flight by 8 December. Mishin and Kerimov agree that training of cosmonaut- researchers from the Academy of Sciences may begin, although both Mishin and Rudenko expressed doubts about cosmonaut candidate Yershov.
The failures of Cosmos 133 have been narrowed to entangled thrust vector vanes in the main engines and a single defective approach and orientation thruster. It is agreed to set the unmanned launch of Soyuz s/n 1 for 18 December as a final functional check of all systems. If this is successful, the date will then be set for the manned launch of Soyuz s/n 3 and 4. Flight control will be conducted from Yevpatoria.
1967 May 22
- Academy of Sciences Cosmonaut Training Group 1 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Fatkullin, Gulyayev, Rudolf, Kolomiytsev, Yershov. The group was selected to provide scientists for planned Soviet lunar landing missions..