Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev (russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Гу́барев; 29 March 1931 – 21 February 2015) was a
Soviet
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cosmonaut who flew on two
space flights:
Soyuz 17 and
Soyuz 28.
Biography
Gubarev graduated from the
Soviet Naval Aviation School in 1952 and went on to serve with the
Soviet Air Force
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. He undertook further studies at the
Gagarin Air Force Academy before being accepted into the space programme.
He was originally trained for the Soviet lunar programme and for military
Soyuz flights before training for
Salyut missions. His next mission, in 1978, was Soyuz 28, the first
Interkosmos flight, where he was accompanied by
Vladimír Remek
Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is a Czech, formerly Czechoslovak, politician and diplomat, as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in ...
from
Czechoslovakia
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.
In 1971, he became backup commander for the ill-fated
Soyuz 11 mission, which killed the three-man crew when the craft depressurized in space.
He resigned as a cosmonaut in 1981 and took up an administrative position at the
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre
The Yuri A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC; Russian: Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина) is a Russian training facility responsible for train ...
.
In the 1980s he worked at the
.
His awards includes the
Gagarin Gold Medal
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...
, which was bestowed upon him twice. He was an honorary citizen of
Kaluga,
Arkalyk,
Tselinograd, and
Prague
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.
Gubarev published a book, ''The Attraction of Weightlessness'', in 1982.
Gubarev died at the age of 83 on 21 February 2015.
Honours and awards
*Twice
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
*
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
*Two
Orders of Lenin
*
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)
*
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Foreign awards:
*
Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
The title of the Hero of the Czechoslovak Republic was established 1955. The name of the title was changed to Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1960. Awarded 31 times to some Czechoslovak war heroes, to the general and later presiden ...
*
Order of Klement Gottwald
The Order of Klement Gottwald ( cs, Řád Klementa Gottwalda; sk, Rad Klementa Gottwalda) was established by the Czechoslovak government in February 1953. The original name of the Order was "Order of building of socialist homeland". The name of ...
(Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
*Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
*
Medal of Sino-Soviet Friendship
The Medal of Sino-Soviet Friendship () (), a.k.a. Sino-Soviet Friendship Medal, was a medal awarded by the People's Republic of China.
History
The medal was established in 1951 by the Central People's Government, in order to express thanks to ...
(People's Republic of China)
*Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (German Democratic Republic)
References
External links
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1931 births
2015 deaths
People from Samara Oblast
Soviet major generals
Soviet Air Force generals
Soviet Navy personnel
Soviet cosmonauts
Russian aviators
Heroes of the Soviet Union
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Heroes of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Burials at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
Salyut program cosmonauts
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