Viktor Gorbatko Status: Deceased 12/3/1934 – 5/17/2017 Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горба́тко; December 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.