Yury Artyukhin
Yury Artyukhin is a deceased government astronaut from Russia, affiliated with Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS).
During their career, Yury Artyukhin flew on 1 spaceflight, logging 15 days, 17 hours, 30 minutes, 28 seconds in space.
Yury Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Артю́хин; June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space.
Artyukhin graduated from the Soviet Air Force Institute with a doctorate in engineering, specializing in military communication systems. He was selected for the space programme in 1963 and would have flown on the Voskhod 3 mission had it not been canceled. He made his single flight on Soyuz 14 in 1974, where his area of expertise was presumably put to good use.
He left the space programme in 1982 and held various positions in space-related fields. Most notably, he was involved in the development of the Soviet space shuttle Buran and in cosmonaut training.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 06/22/1930 |
|---|---|
| Date of Death | 08/04/1998 |
| Status | Deceased |
| First Flight | 07/03/1974 |
| Last Flight | 07/03/1974 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 15 days, 17 hours, 30 minutes, 28 seconds |
| Landings | 1 |
Spaceflights by Yury Artyukhin
Explore the 1 spaceflight Yury Artyukhin participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.