| Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk | |
|---|---|
| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Born | July 10, 1942 Komarovka, Belarus |
| Other occupation | Pilot |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Space time | 78d 18h 17m |
| Selection | 1965 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz 13, Soyuz 18, Soyuz 30 |
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільі́ч Кліму́к; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Климу́к; born July 10, 1942 in Komarovka, Soviet Union (now in Belarus) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made three flights into space. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Colonel General is a senior Military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries 1957 - Man In Space Soonest Group 1 - USA Neil A Armstrong, Albert S Soyuz 13 was a second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz capsule that first flew as Soyuz 12. Soyuz 18, of the Soyuz spacecraft series brought cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Vitali Sevastyanov to the Salyut 4 Space station Crew Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained A human spaceflight is a Spaceflight with a human crew, and possibly passengers
Kliumuk attended the Leninski Komsomol Chernigov High Aviation School and entered the Soviet Air Force in 1964. The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы ( Voenno-Vozdushnye The following year, he was selected to join the space programme.
His first flight was a long test flight on Soyuz 13 in 1973. Soyuz 13 was a second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz capsule that first flew as Soyuz 12. This was followed by a mission to the Salyut 4 space station on Soyuz 18 in 1975. Salyut 4 (DOS 4 (Салют-4 English translation Salute 4) was a Salyut Space station launched on December 26, 1974 A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. Soyuz 18, of the Soyuz spacecraft series brought cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Vitali Sevastyanov to the Salyut 4 Space station
From 1976 he became involved in the Intercosmos and made his third and final spaceflight on an Intercosmos flight with Polish cosmonaut Mirosław Hermaszewski on Soyuz 30. The Intercosmos ("ИнтерКосмос" Interkosmos) was a space exploration program run by the Soviet Union to allow members from military forces of allied Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Mirosław Hermaszewski (born September 15, 1941) is a retired Polish Air Force officer Crew Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission
He resigned from the cosmonaut team in 1978 to take up a position as the Assistant to the Chief of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. The Cosmonaut Training Center was inaugurated on January 11, 1960 in Star City outside Moscow. In 1991 he was promoted to Chief of that facility and remained in that post until retirement in 2003.
Klimuk is a graduate of the Gagarin Air Force Academy and the Lenin Military Political Academy.
He holds an extensive and impressive range of awards, including Hero of the Soviet Union (twice), the Order of Lenin (three times), the Polish Order of Krest Grunwald, a Tsiolkovski Gold Medal, a Gagarin Gold Medal, and a Gold Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences. The title Hero of the Soviet Union ( Russian: Герой Советского Союза Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Design of the decoration The first design of the Order of Lenin was made of silver with The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an Academy of sciences. He was made an honorary citizen of the cities of Kaluga, Gagarin, and Dzhezkasgan. Kaluga01 0812 168gjpg|thumb|left|200px|Central Kaluga]]Kaluga01 0812 170g Gagarin (Гага́рин is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. Zhezkazgan, also known as Zhezqazghan (Жезқазған - Zhezqazghan, Джезказган - Dzhezkazgan) is a city in Karagandy Province
He is the author of two books on human spaceflight: Beside the Stars, and Attack on Weightlessness.
Books
- Клімук П. Зоры – побач. Кніга аднаго палёту. Мн. : Маст. літ. , 1977.
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