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Georgi Ivanov (nee Kakanov) Bulgarian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 2 July 1940. First Bulgarian astronaut.

Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Lovech, Bulgaria. Bulgarian Air Force Candidate of technical sciences degree, 1984. Major General, Bulgarian Air Force. Bulgarian Air Force. Engineer. Pilot.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Intercosmos Group - 1978. Inactive Entered space service: 1 March 1978. Left space service: 12 April 1979. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 1.96 days. His name was changed when he was selected for cosmonaut training because Kakalov had a scatalogical meaning in Russian.

Member of Bulgarian Parliament.

Underwater fishing, skiing.

Ivanov Georgi Spaceflight Log

  • 10 April 1979 Flight: Salyut 6 EP-5-1. Flight Up: Soyuz 33. Flight Back: Soyuz 33. Flight Time: 1.96 days.
Ivanov Georgi 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.

10 April 1979 - Soyuz 33. Manned two crew. Flight under the Intercosmos programme of an international team consisting of N N Rukavishnikov (USSR) and G I Ivanov (Bulgaria). Unsuccessful mission. Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 6.
12 April 1979 - Landing of Soyuz 33. Soyuz 33 landed at 16:35 GMT.
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