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Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 26 February 1936. Personal: Male. Born in Novocherkassk, Rostov, Russia. Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 2 - 1963. Inactive Entered space service: 10 January 1963. Left space service: 11 December 1964.
Buinovski Chronology 8 January 1963 - 15 new cosmonauts are selected.. The new trainees include one from the VMF Navy Aviation, two from the PVO Air Defence, four from the RVSN Strategic Rocket Forces, and eight from the VVS Air Force. 10 January 1963 - Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 2 selected.. The group was selected to provide astronauts for the Soyuz manned spaceflight program.. Qualifications: Military pilots, engineers, or navigators under 40 years of age; graduate of military academy or civilian university; under 170 cm tall; under 70 kg in weight.. Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |