Graduated from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical
School with an engineering degree in missile technics; Colone, Soviet
Air Forces; Journalist at "Krasnaya Svezda"; was selected as
cosmonaut candidate in June 1965; was (supposed) involved in the Soviet
lunar landing program; was not chosen as "official" cosmonaut
from GMVK; from1965 to 1970 not regular training; later free working
artist; applied for a spaceflight again end 1989, but was not selected
(to old); died on cancer.