Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko | |
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Anatoly Filipchenko on a Soviet Union 1969 CPA 3810 stamp
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Cosmonaut | |
Nationality | Soviet |
Born |
Davydovka, USSR |
February 26, 1928
Other occupation
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Pilot |
Rank | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space
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10d 21h 03m |
Selection | Air Force Group 2 |
Missions | Soyuz 7 Soyuz 16 |
Mission insignia
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Awards | (2) |
Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (Russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Фили́пченко; born February 26, 1928 in Davydovka, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.
After leaving the space programme in 1982 Filipchenko became the Deputy Director of the OKB in Kharkiv.
He was awarded: