Flight record
3 flights on padside's record, flying from 1973 to 1978.
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільіч Кліму́к; Russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three flights into space. Klimuk attended the Leninski Komsomol Chernigov High Aviation School and entered the Soviet Air Force in 1964. The following year, he was selected to join the space programme. His first flight was a long test flight on Soyuz 13 in 1973. This was followed by a mission to the Salyut 4 space station on Soyuz 18 in 1975. From 1976 he became involved in the Intercosmos and made his third and final spaceflight on an Intercosmos flight with Polish cosmonaut Mirosław Hermaszewski on Soyuz 30.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Kamaroŭka
- Education
- Gagarin Air Force Academy; V. I. Lenin Military-Political Academy
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Order of the Friendship of Peoples; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Order of the Homeland Service 2nd Class; State Prize of the Russian Federation; and 30 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 30June 27, 1978 · 15:27 UTC
- Soyuz | Soyuz 18May 24, 1975 · 14:58 UTC
- Soyuz | Soyuz 13December 18, 1973
Expeditions
- Salyut 6 EP-31978-06-27 – 1978-07-05
Born 1942-07-10 · age 84