Vladimir Dzhanibekov

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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков, born 13 May 1942) is a former cosmonaut who made five flights. Dzhanibekov made five flights: Soyuz 27, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12 and Soyuz T-13. In all he had spent 145 days, 15 hours and 56 minutes in space over these five missions. He had also performed two EVAs with a total time of 8 hours and 35 minutes. In 1985 he noted the effects of the tennis racket theorem, subsequently also called the Dzhanibekov effect, by showing that an object's second principal axis is unstable while in free-fall rotation.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Iskandar

Education

Tashkent Suvorov Military School; Saint Petersburg State University; Yeysk Higher Military Aviation Institute

Awards

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Order of Friendship; Commander of the Legion of Honour; Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic; Order of Sukhbaatar; and 17 more

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-13Commander · Success · with Viktor SavinykhJune 6, 1985 · 06:39 UTC
• Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-12Commander · Success · with Igor Volk, Svetlana SavitskayaJuly 17, 1984 · 17:40 UTC
• Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-6Commander · Success · with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Jean-Loup ChrétienJune 24, 1982 · 16:29 UTC
• Soyuz-U | Soyuz 39Commander · Success · with Jügderdemidiin GürragchaaMarch 22, 1981 · 14:58 UTC
• Soyuz-U | Soyuz 27Commander · Success · with Oleg Grigoryevich MakarovJanuary 10, 1978

• PE-4 EVA5h1985-08-02
• VE-4 EVA3h 34m1984-07-25

• Salyut 7 EO-4-1bSalyut 7 · Commander1985-06-06 – 1985-09-26
• Salyut 7 EP-4Salyut 7 · Commander1984-07-17 – 1984-07-29
• Salyut 7 EP-1Salyut 7 · Commander1982-06-24 – 1982-07-02
• Salyut 6 EP-9Salyut 6 · Commander1981-03-21 – 1981-03-30