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Personal: Male, Married. Born in Galati, Romania. Rumanian Air Force Studied electronics at Military Academy. Rumanian Air Force. Rumanian Air Force. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Intercosmos Group - 1978. Inactive Entered space service: 1 March 1978. Left space service: 22 May 1981. Served in the Rumanian Army as Lieutenant Colonel, stationed in Bucharest.
Dediu Chronology 1 March 1978 - Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Training group of potential 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station. 14 May 1981 - Soyuz 40. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EP-10, Salyut 6 EO-6. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 orbital station the ninth international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising L I Popov (USSR), and D. Prunariu (Romania), to conduct scientific research and experiments. Bibliography and Further Reading
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