Anatoly Filipchenko Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cosmonaut Biography: Anatoli Filipchenko . spacefacts.de . 8 August 2022.
  2. News: 8 August 2022 . Умер советский космонавт Анатолий Филипченко . Died Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko . 8 August 2022 . . ru.
  3. Web site: Yevgeny. Rumyantsev . Сайт "Космический мемориал". ru. 11 August 2022. 7 February 2023.