| Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev | |
|---|---|
| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Born | April 14, 1942 Moscow, Russia |
| Other occupation | Engineer |
| Space time | 219d 05h 59m |
| Selection | 1965 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5 |
| Mission insignia |
Salyut |
Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942 in Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. 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. Crew Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission The Salyut program (Салют lit  Salute or Fireworks) was the first Space station program undertaken by the Soviet Union, which consisted Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of 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
Lebedev was a graduate of the Higher Air Force School in Orenburg with a doctorate in technical sciences. Orenburg (Оренбу́рг is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast in the Volga Federal District He worked as an aircraft designer before joining the cosmonaut team in 1972 as a civilian engineer. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He was the flight engineer for the Soyuz 13 mission the following year, and for the Soyuz T-5 mission to the Salyut 7 space station in 1982. Soyuz 13 was a second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz capsule that first flew as Soyuz 12. Crew Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission Salyut 7 (Салют-7 Salute 7 was the final Space station launched into Low Earth orbit as part of the Soviet Union 's Salyut Program A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) At the end of his stay on the station, he returned in the Soyuz T-7 capsule. Soyuz T-7 (code name Dnieper was the third Soviet space mission to the Salyut 7 space station His Diary of a Cosmonaut: 211 Days in Space, provides a rare glimpse of what life on board the Salyut 7 was like for the Cosmonauts who lived and worked there. Salyut 7 (Салют-7 Salute 7 was the final Space station launched into Low Earth orbit as part of the Soviet Union 's Salyut Program
He retired from the space programme in 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
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