Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1969 to 1976.
2Flights
52d 7hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. He was the first Jewish cosmonaut to enter space, preceding Judith Resnik in the United States.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Irkutsk
- Education
- Kacha Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots; Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class; Order of Friendship; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class; Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"; and 24 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz | Soyuz 21July 6, 1976 · 12:08 UTC
- Soyuz | Soyuz 5January 15, 1969 · 07:04 UTC
Born 1934-12-18 · age 91