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Boris Valentinovich Volynov (‹See Tfd› Russian: Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of ...
Apr 19, 2018 · Graduated from Military Pilot School, Novosibirsk, 1955; graduated from Zhukovsky Air Force Military Engineering Academy, 1968; candidate of technical sciences degree, 1980; Colonel and pilot, Soviet Air Forces, was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK -1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/60 - 03.04.1961; was assigned as backup for three ...
- 18.12.1934
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- Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
- married
Oct 15, 2024 · December 18, 2020. 281. 0. Boris Volynov, the first Jew in space, was born in Irkutsk, Siberia, on this date in 1934. He was chosen in 1960 to be one of the Soviet Union’s first cosmonauts, but the uncovering of his Jewish background (his mother, a physician, was Jewish) kept him grounded as a “backup” crewman for eight years, until the ...
Boris Volynov was the first Jew in space. Antisemitism nearly prevented him from going. Volynov and Gargarin picnicked together during their training. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. By David Ian ...
Jan 5, 2014 · The Story of Soyuz 4 and 5 (Part 2) by Ben Evans 11 years ago 8. Possible scenario for how the ill-fated re-entry of Boris Volynov may have occurred. Soyuz 5 began its fall from orbit with the descent module’s hatch facing into the direction of travel, thus exposing the least-protected part of the spacecraft to the most extreme thermal stresses.
Jan 4, 2014 · By mid-morning on the 15th, Shatalov, Volynov, Yeliseyev, and Khrunov were in orbit. As radio chatter crackled between the two Soyuz and ground control, their callsigns were revealed as “Amur” for Shatalov and “Baikal” for Volynov’s crew. The spacecraft apparently established mutual radio contact shortly after Soyuz 5 reached space.
Jan 9, 2018 · Boris Volynov (left), the first Jew in space, on a Soviet postage stamp . Although Judith Resnick was the first Jewish American in space, she was not the first Jew in space. That honour goes to Boris Volynov, the Jewish Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard the Soyuz 5 in January 1969. Volynov wasn’t free of Soviet anti-Semitism rampant at the time.
