Yuri Artyukhin

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Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin
Air Force Group 2
MissionsSoyuz 14

Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (

flight into space.[1]

Artyukhin graduated from the Soviet Air Force Institute with a doctorate in engineering, specializing in military communication systems. He was selected for the space programme in 1963 and would have flown on the Voskhod 3 mission had it not been canceled. He made his single flight on Soyuz 14 in 1974, where his area of expertise was presumably put to good use.

He left the space programme in 1982 and held various positions in space-related fields. Most notably, he was involved in the development of the Soviet space shuttle

Buran
and in cosmonaut training.

He died of cancer on 4 August 1998.[2]

He was awarded:

References

  1. ^ Simonov, Andrey. "Артюхин Юрий Петрович" [Artyukhin Yury Petrovich]. warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  2. ^ "Cosmonaut Biography: Yuri Artyukhin". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2019-05-09.