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Valeri Tokarev

Russian cosmonaut · Russia · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1952 · age 74

Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev is a Russian Air Force colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks, before retiring in June 2008.

Valeri Tokarev is read about 22 times a day, in 27 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 15 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2006NASA Distinguished Public Service MedalAwardNASA Space Flight MedalAward1999NASA Space Flight MedalAwardPilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian FederationAward1952Born29 October 1952

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Awards

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal2006
NASA Space Flight Medal2006
NASA Space Flight Medal1999
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation1999
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
Hero of the Russian Federation
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Astronauts
Type
Astronaut
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74

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