Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Vladimir Dzhanibekov | |
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Владимир Джанибеков | |
Air Force Group 5 (USSR) | |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 8h 35m |
Missions |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков, born 13 May 1942) is a retired Soviet Air Force Major General and a cosmonaut veteran of five orbital missions.
Biography
Dzhanibekov was born Vladimir Aleksandrovich Krysin (
on 13 May 1942. His family moved to Tashkent soon after his birth.In 1964 he married Liliya Munirovna Dzhanibekova, who was a descendant of
In 1960 he entered
Dzhanibekov served on five space missions:
In 1985 he was promoted to the rank of major general. After retiring from the cosmonaut program in 1986, he became involved in politics. He was the Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Uzbek SSR from 1985 until 1990. Also, he has taken up photography and painting, and his works, predominantly of space thematics, are owned by museums and private collectors.
Starting 1990, Dzhanibekov unsuccessfully attempted to circumnavigate the globe by
The
Honours and awards
- Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1978 and 1981)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Friendship (Russian Federation)
- Five Orders of Lenin
- Order of the Red Star
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd class
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
- Medals "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd, and 3rd classes
- Kosmonavtlar metro station in Tashkent commemorates Uzbekistan's contribution to the Soviet space programme including that of Dzhanibekov[citation needed]
Foreign awards:
- Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
- Order of the Banner of the Hungarian People's Republic
- Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia)
He is an honorary citizen of Gagarin; Kaluga (Russia); Arkalyk (Kazakhstan); Baikonur (Kazakhstan);[10] and Houston (United States).
See also
- Tennis racket theorem, or Dzhanibekov effect, a theorem in dynamics involving the stability of a rotating body with different moments of inertia along each axis.
References
- ^ a b "Владимир Александрович Джанибеков". ASTROnote. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ Vladimir Dzhanibekov – Сайт школы №50 г.Ташкента Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. school50.uz
- ISBN 9780595287055. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ISBN 0595612539.
- ^ "Barron Hilton: The flying innkeeper". Airportjournals.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Browne, Malcolm W. (23 February 1992). "Round-the-World Balloon Flight Put Off, This Time Till November". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Balloon crashes, stalling attempt to circle the world" (PDF). Observer. Observer Notre Dame St Marys. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Balloon Crew". Newspapers.com. Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur
External links
- http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=363760&rel_no=1
- http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/dzhanibekov_vladimir.htm
- http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/StationsDOS/Salyut6Ex5.php
- http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/StationsDOS/Salyut6Ex1.php
- Encyclopedia Astronautica. Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20031025104649/http://www.balloonlife.com/publications/balloon_life/9711/rtwretro9711.htm
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/sci.space.news/R8h4oDuW1BQ/AsL0_ERagbwJ
- https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10531/leaving-earth-space-stations-rival-superpowers-and-the-quest-for