Anatoly Filipchenko | |
Type: | Cosmonaut |
Nationality: | Soviet |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1928 |
Birth Place: | Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Occupation: | Pilot |
Rank: | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
Selection: | Air Force Group 2 |
Time: | 10d 21h 03m |
Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) |
Major General Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (26 February 1928 – 7 August 2022) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.
He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR. After leaving the space programme in 1982, Filipchenko became the deputy director of the OKB in Kharkiv.[1] He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 94.[2] He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 11 August 2022.[3]