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Personal: Male. Born in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad, Russia. Chelomei Design Bureau Graduated from Bauman-Higher School, Moscow, 1970 Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Almaz Engineer Group 3 - 1978. Inactive Entered space service: 1 December 1978. Left space service: 8 April 1987. Worked with NPO Salyut.
Romanov Chronology 1 December 1978 - Almaz Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 3 selected.. The group was selected to provide flight engineers for planned Almaz military space station missions. 1981 Beginning of - TKS-1 (cancelled). Planned first test manned flight of the TKS large ferry craft. Would have docked with the Almaz OPS 4 military space station. Flight cancelled with the rest of the Almaz program in 1981. The spacecraft was instead flown unmanned to Salyut 6 as Cosmos 1267. 1981 Middle of - TKS-2 (cancelled). Second TKS flight that would have docked with the cancelled Almaz OPS 4 military space station. The spacecraft was instead flown unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1443. During 1983 - Salyut 7/TKS-3 (cancelled). Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686. Bibliography:
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