Viktor Gorbatko

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Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko

Viktor Gorbatko in Vologda (2011 year)
Cosmonaut
Nationality Soviet
Born December 3, 1934 (1934-12-03) (age 77)
Ventsy-Zarya, Krasnodar Krai, USSR
Other occupation Pilot
Rank Major General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space 30d 12h 47m
Selection Air Force Group 1
Missions Soyuz 7 Soyuz 24 Soyuz 37
Mission insignia Soyuz-7-patch.png

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Горбатко; born December 3, 1934 in Ventsy-Zarya) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.[1]

After leaving the space program in 1982 he taught at the Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow.

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Viktor Gorbatko (left) and Yury Glazkov (right) on a 1977 U.S.S.R. postage stamp


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