Georgy Beregovoy
Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (Russian: Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Берегово́й, Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Тимофі́йович Берегови́й; 15 April 1921 – 30 June 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. From 1972 to 1987, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Georgy Beregovoy | |
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| Born | 15 April 1921 Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 30 June 1995 (aged 74) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Forces (1938–1987) |
Time in space | 3d 22h 50m |
| Selection | 1962 |
| Missions | Soyuz 3 |
| Retirement | 1987 |
At the time of his space flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the earliest-born human to go to orbit, being born three months and three days earlier than the second earliest-born man in orbit – John Glenn, but later than X-15 pilot Joe Walker who made 2 (or 3, according to USAF definition) suborbital space flights.
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