Aleksei Yeliseyev
Aleksei Yeliseyev is an astronaut from Russia affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born July 13, 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis, who died in the Soviet's Gulag as an enemy of the people. Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev" so some regard him as also being a Lithuanian cosmonaut.
- Date of Birth: 07/13/1934
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 01/15/1969
- Last Flight: 04/22/1971
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalk
Soyuz 4 & 5 EVA
The spacewalk began at 01/16/1969 12:43 UTC and ended at 01/16/1969 13:15 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 32 minutes.
