Yury Artyukhin

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Yury Artyukhin : biography

June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998

Yury Petrovich Artyukhin ( June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space.

Artyukhin graduated from the Soviet Air Force Institute with a doctorate in engineering, specialising 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 cancelled. 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 after a long battle with cancer.

He was awarded:

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Order of Lenin
  • Order of the Red Star
  • Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
  • Ian Krasicki Cross (Poland)

Category:1930 births Category:1998 deaths Category:People from Klinsky District Category:Soviet cosmonauts Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union Category:Cancer deaths in Russia