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Personal: Female. Born in Moscow, Russia. MD Institute of Medical Biological Problems Medical Doctor. Civilian Physician, female, Institute of Biological Medical Problems. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: IMBP Group 3 - 1980, Female Group - 1980. Inactive Entered space service: 30 July 1980. Left space service: 10 March 1993. Cosmonaut training October 1979 - July 1980. Returned to work at the IMBP.
Dobrokvashina Chronology 1986 September - Soyuz T-15C (cancelled). Cancelled all-female flight to be launched on International Woman's Day, to have docked with Mir or Salyut 7. Breakdown of Salyut 7, exhaustion of stock of Soyuz T spacecraft, and official resistance led to cancellation of the mission. Officially cancelled due to birth of Savitskaya's baby. No female cosmonauts would be in training again until a decade later. Bibliography:
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