Vladimir Lyakhov Biography
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Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (Ukrainian: ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΡΠ°Π½Π°ΜΡΡΠΉΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΡΡ
ΠΎΠ²; Russian: ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΜΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΡΠ°Π½Π°ΜΡΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΡ ΠΡΜΡ
ΠΎΠ²) (20 July 1941 β 19 April 2018) was a Ukrainian Soviet cosmonaut.
He was selected as cosmonaut on 5 May 1967, and retired on 7 September 1994. Lyakhov was the Commander on Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, and Soyuz TM-6, and spent 333 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes in space. He was married and had two children.
Lyakhov's flight to Salyut-6 with Valeri Ryumin as the Soyuz 32 crew resulted in setting a space endurance record of 175 days when they returned to Earth on 2 February 1979.
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