Valery Bykovsky Status: Deceased 8/2/1934 – 3/27/2019 Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; born 2 August 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.