Aleksei Yeliseyev
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev | |
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Civilian Specialist Group 2 | |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 37 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz 5/4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10 |
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (
spacewalk
during Soyuz 5 in 1969.
Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis, who died in the Soviet's Gulag as an enemy of the people.[1] Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev"[2][3] so some regard him as also being a Lithuanian cosmonaut. [4][5][6]
A graduate of the
Following his retirement from the space programme in 1985, he took up at an administrative position at the Bauman school for several years before retiring fully.
Awards and honors
Soviet Union
- Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (22 January 1969 and 22 October 1969)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Four Orders of Lenin (22 January 1969, 22 October 1969, 30 April 1971 and 15 January 1976)
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) – for the great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- State Prize of the USSR (3 November 1980)
Foreign states
- Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov (People's Republic of Bulgaria)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aleksei Yeliseyev.
- ^ Neverauskas, Vaidas. "Vilniuje vieši trečias lietuvių kilmės kosmonautas". DELFI. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts: Yeliseyev. spacefacts.de
- ^ "Encyclopedia Astronautica", Yeliseyev, Aleksei Stanislavovich Archived 2008-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. astronautix.com
- ^ Aleksejus Jelisejevas Lithuanian Wikipedia re "Aleksejus Jelisejevas"
- ^ Sydney Australia Lithuanian Information Centre
- ^ "Lithuanian Aerospace Association". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts: Yeliseyev. spacefacts.de
- ^ "Encyclopedia Astronautica", Yeliseyev, Aleksei Stanislavovich Archived 2008-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. astronautix.com
- ^ "Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies" book by Ben Evans, Springer Science and Business Media, 2010.
Literature
- S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" – edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 ISBN 978-5-906674-04-3
- The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur
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