Georgy Shonin
Georgy Shonin is an astronaut from Ukraine affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін) (August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
- Date of Birth: 08/03/1935
- Date of Death: 04/07/1997
- Status: Deceased
- First Flight: 10/11/1969
- Last Flight: 10/11/1969
- In Space: No
