Aleksei Yeliseyev

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Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev
Cosmonaut
Nationality Soviet
Born July 13, 1934 (1934-07-13) (age 73)
Zhizdra, Russia
Other occupation Engineer
Space time 8d 22h 20m
Selection Civilian Specialist Group 2
Missions Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
Mission
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Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.

A graduate of the Bauman Higher Technical School in Moscow, Yeliseyev worked as an engineer in Sergey Korolev's design bureau before being selected for cosmonaut training.

Following his retirement from the space programme in 1985, he took up at an administrative position at the Bauman school for several years before retiring fully.

Aleksei Yeliseyev was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union on two occasions (January 22 and October 22 of 1969). He was also awarded the Order of Lenin twice.

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