Yuri Artyukhin

Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Артю́хин; 22 June 1930 – 4 August 1998) was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space.[1]

Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin
Born(1930-06-22)22 June 1930
Pershutino, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died4 August 1998(1998-08-04) (aged 68)
Zvyozdny Gorodok, Russia
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
15d 17h 30m
SelectionAir Force Group 2
MissionsSoyuz 14

Artyukhin graduated from the Soviet Air Force Institute with a doctorate in engineering, specializing in military communication systems. He was selected for the space programme in 1963 and would have flown on the Voskhod 3 mission had it not been canceled. He made his single flight on Soyuz 14 in 1974, where his area of expertise was presumably put to good use.

He left the space programme in 1982 and held various positions in space-related fields. Most notably, he was involved in the development of the Soviet space shuttle Buran and in cosmonaut training.

He died of cancer on 4 August 1998.[2]

He was awarded:

References
  1. Simonov, Andrey. "Артюхин Юрий Петрович" [Artyukhin Yury Petrovich]. warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  2. "Cosmonaut Biography: Yuri Artyukhin". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
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