Pyotr Kolodin
Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1930 Novovasilyevka, TsPK Group 2 |
| Missions | None |
Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin (
cosmonaut. Although he retired in 1983 without flying in space, Kolodin served non-flying assignments on several spaceflights.[3][4]
Biography
Kolodin was born in Novovasilyevka,
Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). In 1959, he graduated from Military Academy of Engineering and Radioengineering with gold medal. Kolodin then became an engineer-officer in the Soviet Armed Forces until his selection as a cosmonaut.[3]
He was selected as a Soviet cosmonaut as part of the
Valeri Kubasov had contracted tuberculosis.[3] The crew that replaced them perished during their mission when their capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry.[5]
Then he was in the 1st crew of the 1st visitation mission to
Oleg Makarov
.
Kolodin later worked as a flight controller until his retirement on 20 April 1983. He was married and has one son.[4]
He died in 2021.
References
- ^ "Утраты февраля". novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ "Пётр Иванович Колодин". www.astronaut.ru. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ a b c Wade, Mark. "Kolodin". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Cosmonaut Biography: Pyotr Kolodin". Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts. Spacefacts. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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