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Vladimir Solovyov
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)

Vladimir Solovyov

RussiaFORMERGovernment1984–1986
2
FLIGHTS
SPACEFLIGHTS
79
YEARS
AGE

Vladimir Solovyov is a former astronaut from Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS). 2 spaceflights.

Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Соловьёв; born 11 November 1946) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978 and flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, spending a total of 361 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes in space. His first flight, Soyuz T-10, took off on 8 February 1984, to join Salyut 7. The crew spent ten months (nearly 237 days) performing numerous medical and space manufacturing experiments. They came down aboard Soyuz T-11 on 2 October 1984. Solovyov’s second flight was aboard Soyuz T-15, taking off on 13 March 1986 and coming back aboard the same craft on 16 July 1986, 125 days later. During the T-15 mission, the crew transferred equipment from Salyut-7 to the new Mir space station; they were the last aboard the former and the first aboard the latter.

NationalityRussia
BornNovember 11, 1946
AgencyRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
TypeGovernment
StatusFormer
First FlightFebruary 8, 1984
Last FlightMarch 13, 1986