Vladimir Shatalov

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov
Cosmonaut
Nationality Soviet
Born (1927-12-08) December 8, 1927
Petropavlovsk, Kazakh SSR
Other occupation
 Pilot
Rank Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
 9d 21h 55m
Selection Air Force Group 2
Missions Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
Mission insignia

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927 in Petropavlovsk) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.[1]

Biography

Russian president Dmitri Medvedev awards Shatalov with the Order of Friendship on 12 April 2011 (Cosmonautics Day)

From 1971 to 1987, he was Commander of Cosmonaut Training, and Director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre from then until 1991.

Quote: "When we look into the sky it seems to us to be endless. We breathe without thinking about it, as is natural... and then you sit aboard a spacecraft, you tear away from Earth, and within ten minutes you have been carried straight through the layer of air, and beyond there is nothing! The 'boundless' blue sky, the ocean which gives us breath and protects us from endless black and death, is but an infinitesimally thin film. How dangerous it is to threaten even the smallest part of this gossamer covering, this conserver of life."[2]

Honours and awards

Foreign awards:

References

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  1. ↑ Spacefacts. Spacefacts.de. Retrieved on 2012-08-04.
  2. ↑ James Bruges (1 April 2004). The Little Earth Book. The Disinformation Company. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-0-9729529-2-7. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

Literature

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