Yury Romanenko
Yury Romanenko is a retired government astronaut from Russia, affiliated with Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS).
During their career, Yury Romanenko flew on 3 spaceflights and completed 4 spacewalks, logging 430 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes, 30 seconds in space.
Yury Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко, Jurij Viktorovič Romanenko; born August 1, 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yury Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks. 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.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 08/01/1944 |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| First Flight | 12/10/1977 |
| Last Flight | 02/05/1987 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 430 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes, 30 seconds |
| EVA Time | 10 hours, 16 minutes |
| Landings | 3 |
Spaceflights by Yury Romanenko
Explore the 3 spaceflights Yury Romanenko participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.
Spacewalks by Yury Romanenko
Discover the 4 spacewalks Yury Romanenko performed during their career, logging a total of 10 hours, 16 minutes outside a spacecraft.
The spacewalk began at 12/19/1977 21:36 UTC and ended at 12/19/1977 23:04 UTC on the Salyut 6 for a total of 1 hours and 28 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 04/11/1987 19:41 UTC and ended at 04/11/1987 23:21 UTC on the Mir for a total of 3 hours and 40 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 06/12/1987 16:55 UTC and ended at 06/12/1987 18:48 UTC on the Mir for a total of 1 hours and 53 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 06/16/1987 15:30 UTC and ended at 06/16/1987 18:45 UTC on the Mir for a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes.