Vladimir Dzhanibekov

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Vladimir Dzhanibekov
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 (

Kazakh SSR (since 1956 – Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan)[1]
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

Janibeg, medieval ruler of the Golden Horde. As her father had no sons, Dzhanibekov took his wife's family name in order to honour her ancestry and continue her line of descent, an unusual step for a husband in the Soviet Union.[1]

In 1960 he entered

the same year.

Dzhanibekov served on five space missions:

principal axis is unstable while in free fall
.

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

Roziere balloon system instead.[7][8]

The

Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979, is named after him.[9]

Honours and awards

Foreign awards:

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

  1. ^ a b "Владимир Александрович Джанибеков". ASTROnote. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ Vladimir Dzhanibekov – Сайт школы №50 г.Ташкента Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. school50.uz
  3. . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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  5. ^ "Barron Hilton: The flying innkeeper". Airportjournals.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Balloon crashes, stalling attempt to circle the world" (PDF). Observer. Observer Notre Dame St Marys. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Balloon Crew". Newspapers.com. Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  9. . Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  10. ^ The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur

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