Anatoly Solovyev
| Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev | |
|---|---|
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Status | Retired |
| Born |
January 16, 1948 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Other occupation | Test Pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 651d 00h 02m |
| Selection | 1978 Intercosmos Group |
Total EVAs | 16 |
Total EVA time | 82 hours, 22 minutes |
| Missions | Mir EP-2 (Soyuz TM-5 / Soyuz TM-4), Soyuz TM-9, Soyuz TM-15, STS-71, Mir, Soyuz TM-21, Soyuz TM-26 |
Mission insignia |
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Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; born January 16, 1948 – alternate spelling "Solovyov") is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours).[1]
Education
Graduated from the Lenin Komsomol Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School in 1972.
Family
Solovyev's parents are Yakov Mikhailovich Solovyev (father), deceased in 1980 and Antonia Pavlovna Soloveva, who resides in Riga. He is married to Natalya Vasilyevna Solovyeva (née Katyshevtseva), with whom he has two sons, Gennady (born 1975), and Illya (1980). Solovyev resides in Star City.
Awards and honors
- Hero of the Soviet Union (USSR);
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (USSR);
- Order For Merit to the Fatherland 2nd and 3rd classes;
- Order of Lenin (USSR);
- Order of the October Revolution (USSR);
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR);
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration".
Foreign awards:
- Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria;
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria);
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (France);
- Order of Stara Planina (Republic of Bulgaria);
- two NASA Space Flight Medals.
References
- ↑ Wade, Mark (2008). "Solovyev web page". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
External links
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