Vladimir Lyakhov

Status: Deceased
7/20/1941 – 4/19/2018
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 2/25/1979
Last Flight: 8/29/1988

Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (Russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич Ля́хов; 20 July 1941 – 19 April 2018) was a Russian Soviet cosmonaut.

He was selected as cosmonaut on 5 May 1967, and retired on 7 September 1994. Lyakhov was the Commander on Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, and Soyuz TM-6, and spent 333 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes in space.