Kramarenko, Aleksandr Yakovlevich (1942-2002) Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut, 1965-1969.
Colonel and pilot Soviet Air Force. Graduated from Bauman-Higher School, Moscow, with an engineering diploma, 1973. Graduated from Moscow University, 1990. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Retired from active cosmonaut duty for medical reasons. Worked at Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Died of a heart attack at a railway station.
Birth Place: Novaya Mayachka, Kerson.
Status: Deceased.
Born: 1942.11.08.
Died: 2002.04.13.
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Air Force Group 3 - 1965 Requirement: pilots for planned Soyuz, Soyuz VI, Spiral, and Almaz flights. In 1968-1975 the VVS expected no fewer than 20 Almaz space stations, 50 military 7K-VI missions, 200 Soyuz training spacecraft flights and 400 Soyuz space transport flights. More...
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Cosmonaut Category of persons who have been trained for spaceflight in Russia. More...
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Bibliography
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Becker, Joachim, "Space Facts Web Site", http://www.spacefacts.de/, Web Address when accessed: here.
Kramarenko Chronology
1965 October 23 - .
- Cosmonaut selection - .
Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Voloshin; Sharafutdinov; Shcheglov; Kramarenko; Yakovlev; Petrushenko; Skvortsov; Fyodorov; Klimuk; Sarafanov; Zudov; Kizim; Kolesnikov; Stepanov, Eduard; Lisun; Rozhdestvensky; Khludeyev; Glazkov; Preobrazhensky; Grishchenko; Degtyarov. Although Kamanin desired 40 new cosmonaut-trainees, in the end only 17 were selected. They were:
- Pilots: Voloshin, Sharafutdinov, Shcheglov, Kramarenko, Yakovlev, Petrushenko,Skvortsov, Fyodorov,Klimuk, Sarafanov, Zudov, Kizim
- Engineers: Kolesnikov,Stepanov Eduard, Lisun, Rozhdestvensky, Khludeyev, Glazkov, Preobrazhensky
- Navigator: Grishchenko
- Physician: Degtyarov
1965 October 28 - .
2002 April 13 - .
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