Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov (

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: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Аксёнов) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.Spacefacts.de
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Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, on February 1, 1935.

Education and Career

Aksyonov graduated from the Institute of Engineering with a diploma from the Air Force Institute called Polytechnical Institute. He was a candidate for technical science. Aksyonov was selected to be a

cosmonaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

on March 3, 1973. He flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 22 and

Soyuz T-2 Soyuz T-2 (russian: Союз T-2, ''Union T-2'') was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 12th mission to and 10th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz T-2 crew were the second to visit t ...

. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on two occasions. He retired on October 17, 1988. Aksyonov is currently the director of the institute for research of Russian mineral resources. He is married and has two children.

Honours and awards

* "Gold Star"

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 ...

, twice (1976, 1980) * Two

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(1976, 1980) *

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" The Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (russian: Медаль "За заслуги в освоении космоса") is a state decoration of the Russian Federation aimed at recognising achievements in the space program. It was established ...

(12 April 2011) - for the great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities *

Medal "Veteran of Labour" The Medal "Veteran of Labour" (russian: медаль «Ветеран труда») was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on January 18, 1974 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to honour workers ...

* Gold medal "For services to science and humanity" (Czechoslovakia) *

Order of Karl Marx The Order of Karl Marx () was the most important order in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The award of the order also included a prize of 20,000 East German marks. The order was founded on May 5, 1953 on the occasion of Karl Marx's 135th ...

(East Germany, 13 October 1976) *

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR The honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (russian: Летчик-космонавт СССР) was a state award of the Soviet Union presented to all cosmonauts who flew for the Soviet Space Agency. Usually accompanying the distinction w ...

* Honoured Master of Sports * Honorary Citizen of

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References

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