Victor Vescovo

Nationality: United States of America
First Flight: 06/04/2022
Last Flight: 06/04/2022

Victor is a co-founder of private equity investment firm Insight Equity. He has completed the “Explorer’s Grand Slam,” which includes summiting ...

Viktor Afanasyev

Date of Birth: 12/31/1948
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 12/02/1990
Last Flight: 10/21/2001

Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev Russian: Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Fo...

Viktor Gorbatko

Date of Birth: 12/03/1934
Date of Death: 05/17/2017
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 10/12/1969
Last Flight: 07/23/1980

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горба́тко; December 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017) was a Soviet cosmon...

Viktor Patsayev

Date of Birth: 06/19/1933
Date of Death: 06/30/1971
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 06/06/1971
Last Flight: 06/06/1971

Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Паца́ев; 19 June 1933 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew o...

Viktor Savinykh

Date of Birth: 03/07/1940
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 03/12/1981
Last Flight: 06/07/1988

Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on March 7, 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on Decem...

Vitalii Ostrovsky

Nationality: Ukraine
First Flight: 10/08/2025
Last Flight: 10/08/2025

Businessman, hotel and real estate investor, systems analyst, web developer, and globetrotter.

Vitaly Sevastyanov

Date of Birth: 07/08/1935
Date of Death: 04/05/2010
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 06/01/1970
Last Flight: 05/24/1975

Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov (Russian: Вита́лий Ива́нович Севастья́нов; 8 July 1935 – 5 April 2010) was a Soviet cosmon...

Vitaly Zholobov

Date of Birth: 06/18/1937
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 07/06/1976
Last Flight: 07/06/1976

Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov (Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов; born 18 June 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew o...

Vladimir Aksyonov

Date of Birth: 02/01/1935
Date of Death: 04/09/2024
Nationality: Russia
First Flight: 09/15/1976
Last Flight: 06/05/1980

Aksyonov was selected as cosmonaut on 3 March 1973. He was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on two occasions. He retired on 17 Octobe...