Kubasov

Valeri Nikolayevich

USSR/CIS


International order n°: 40

Russian cosm. n°: 18


Personal data:

Birthdate:  07.01.1935
Birthplace:  Vyazniki / Vladimir Oblast / RUSSIA
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  27.05.1968
Job:  Flight engineer
Status:  Ret. 03.11.1993

Spaceflights:

Ord.
num.
Startup
spacecraft
Date and
time of
launch (UT)
Status
while
launch
Spacecraft
of landing
Date and
time of
landing (UT)
Duration
1 Soyuz- 6 11h.10m.00s.
Oct 11, 1969
FE Soyuz- 6 09h.52m.47s.
Oct 16, 1969
4d.22h.42m.47s.
2 Soyuz-19 12h.20m.00s.
Jul 15, 1975
FE Soyuz-19 10h.50m.51s.
Jul 21, 1975
5d.22h.30m.51s.
3 Soyuz-36 18h.20m.39s.
May 26, 1980
Cdr
VE-5/SLT6
Soyuz-35 15h.06m.23s.
Jun 03, 1980
7d.20h.45m.44s.
Total duration: 18d.17h.59m.22s.

Backup assignments

No. Mission Description
1  Soyuz 2A  Planned mission to dock with Soyuz 1. Two Soyuz 2A crew members would have spacewalked to Soyuz 1 and landed with Komarov. Cancelled due to rains and after problems with Soyuz 1 forced an early return. After Soyuz 1's crash, the Soyuz 2A spacecraft was inspected and its parachute system had the same technical failure as
Soyuz 1's parachute system.

Additional information


Ref: #16, #21 - update: 06.05.07