Flight record
4 flights on padside's record, flying from 1977 to 1998, with 1 spacewalk in that span.
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Valery Victorovich Ryumin (born August 16, 1939 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. In 1973, he joined the RSC Energia cosmonaut corps. A veteran of three space flights, Ryumin has logged a total of 362 days in space. In 1977, he spent 2 days aboard Soyuz-25, in 1979, he spent 175 days aboard Soyuz vehicles and the Salyut-6 space station, and in 1980, he spent 185 days aboard Soyuz vehicles and the Salyut-6 space station. In January 1998, NASA announced Ryumin's selection to the crew of STS-91. Ryumin served aboard STS-91 Discovery (June 2–12, 1998) the 9th and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission, concluding the joint U.S./Russian Phase I Program. The STS-91 mission was accomplished in 154 Earth orbits, traveling 3.8 million miles in 235 hours and 54 seconds.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Education
- Moscow State Forest University
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; State Prize of the Russian Federation; Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"; State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology; and 12 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-91June 2, 1998
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 35April 9, 1980 · 13:38 UTC
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 32February 25, 1979 · 11:53 UTC
- Soyuz U | Soyuz 25October 9, 1977 · 02:40 UTC
Spacewalks
- PE-3 EVA1979-08-15
Expeditions
- Salyut 6 EO-41980-04-09 – 1980-10-11
- Salyut 6 EO-31979-02-25 – 1979-08-19
Born 1939-08-16 · died 2022-06-06, aged 82