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Oleg Borisovich Moskalyov Soviet Scientist Cosmonaut. . Personal: Male. Born in USSR. Scientist. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Voskhod Group - 1964. Inactive Entered space service: May 1964. Selected as cosmonaut in early May 1964, but on 28 May 1964 the selection was rejected by the government commission.
Moskalyov Chronology 27 May 1964 - Voskhod passenger candidates. Flight: Voskhod 1. After screening the flight candidates have been boiled down to four: Lazarev, Yegorov, Polyakov, and Sorokin. Moskalev and Katys are the remaining scientist-passenger candidates. Kamanin believes Katys, with a doctorate in technical sciences, is the better candidate and definitely superior to any of the OKB-1 engineer candidates.
Bibliography and Further Reading - Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", . Joachim Becker's outstanding collection of facts and photos of astronauts and cosmonauts. Accessed at: http://www.spacefacts.de/.
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