Kubasov

Valeri Nikolayevich

USSR/CIS

International order nº: 40

Russian cosm. nº: 18

Personal data:

Birthdate:	07 Jan 1935
Birthplace:	Vyazniki / Vladimir Oblast / RUSSIA
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	27 May 1968
Job:	Flight engineer
Status:	Ret. 03 Nov 1993

Kubasov Valeri

Spaceflights:

Nº	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing	Duration
1	Soyuz-6	11 Oct 1969 11:10:00 UT	FE	Soyuz-6	16 Oct 1969 09:52:47 UT	4d 22h 42m 47s
2	Soyuz-19	15 Jul 1975 12:20:00 UT	FE	Soyuz-19	21 Jul 1975 10:50:51 UT
3	Soyuz-36	26 May 1980 18:20:39 UT	Cdr VE-5/SLT6	Soyuz-35	03 Jun 1980 15:06:23 UT	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

Engineering degree in aeronautics and astronautic; doctorate degree; he was selected as comonaut on 27.05.1968 (TsKBEM-1); was involved in the development of the MIR-Spacestation; he was allowed to start as civil Soyuz-commander in the Interkosmos-program; hobbies: Photography, movies; later Deputy Director of NPO Energiya.

Ref: #16, #21 - update: 06.05.07