Yury Romanenko

Soviet cosmonaut · Russia · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1944 · age 82

Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks.

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2011Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Award2005Badge of honor "For Merit to the Taymyr"Award1987Order of LeninAward1980Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Republic of CubaAwardOrder of LeninAwardOrder of Playa GirónAward1978Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist RepublicAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardHonorary Citizen of PragueAwardOrder of Klement GottwaldAwardOrder of LeninAwardPilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRAward1976Order of the Red StarAward1944Born1 August 1944

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Child Roman Romanenko

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The Salyut 6 cosmonauts - Romanenko and Georgy Grechko - featured on a 1978 postal stamp

Awards

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"2011

Badge of honor "For Merit to the Taymyr"2005

Order of Lenin1987

Order of Lenin1980

Gold Star medal1980

Hero of the Republic of Cuba1980

Order of Playa Girón1980

Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1st class1979

Order of Lenin1978

Hero of the Soviet Union1978

Order of Klement Gottwald1978

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR1978

Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic1978

Honorary Citizen of Prague1978

Order of the Red Star1976

Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

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"

Aircraft Pilot Qualification (class)

Order of the cavalier of Madara

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Hero of the Republic

About this person

In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days; that was the longest stay in space at that time. His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and has become the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.

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Russia