Status: Retired
1/16/1948 –
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/7/1988
Last Flight: 8/5/1997
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; born January 16, 1948 – alternate spelling “Solovyov”) is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours).
Launches
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-5
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-9
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-15
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-26
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RFSA
Administration: Administrator: Dmitry Rogozin
Founded: 1992
Launchers: Soyuz
Spacecraft: Soyuz
Country: RUS
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
