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Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.
Mar 28, 2019 · Valery Bykovsky, who was the 11th person to venture into space and who held the unbroken record for the longest solo spaceflight, has died aged 84. Bykovsky first flew aboard a Vostok 5 spacecraft ...
Apr 3, 2019 · Received a diploma in engineering from the Shukovsky Military Academy, Monino, 1968; doctorate degree, 1973; Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Ret.; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK -1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 18.01.1961; was assigned for Soyuz 2; member cosmonaut group for the Soviet Luna Landing Program; he currently ...
- 02.08.1934
- two
- Pavlowski Possad, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR
- married
Apr 1, 2019 · Bykovsky married Valentina Mikhailovna Sukhova, and the couple had two sons. His first son died in an aviation accident in 1986, and he retired in 1990. Valery Bykovsky, born August 2 1934, died ...
- Telegraph Obituaries
Mar 28, 2019 · MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says pioneering Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, has died at age 84. Roscosmos said Bykovsky died Wednesday, but it didn’t state a cause of death. Bykovsky was one of 20 Soviet military pilots in the first group picked to prepare for space.
Mar 28, 2019 · Pioneering cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky dies at 84 Thursday 28 March 2019 at 4:40am Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, left, prior to a space trip aboard Soviet rocket Soyuz 31 to the Salyut 6 space ...
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Valery Bykovsky (born August 2, 1934, Pavlovsky Posad, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died March 27, 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who orbited Earth 81 times in the spacecraft Vostok 5, from June 14 to 19, 1963. Bykovsky started flying lessons at the age of 16, joined the army in 1952, and in 1959 became a jet fighter pilot. In 1960 he began his training as ...
