Turovets
Turovets
Credit - www.spacefacts.de
Vladimir Yevgeniyevich Turovets Soviet Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 20 February 1949. Died 8 February 1982.

Personal: Male. Born in USSR. Crash of Mi-8 helicopter. Flying Research Institute named for Gromov of GKOOP. Test pilot, Gromov Flight Research Institute.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Buran Group - 1978. Deceased Entered space service: 1 January 1977. Left space service: 30 June 1980. Selected as a cosmonaut for the Buran program in 1977 by the Gromov Flight Test Center, but the selection was not confirmed by the government commission.

Turovets Chronology

8 February 1982 - Cosmonaut Vladimir Yevgeniyevich Turovets dies at age of 32 -- Crash of Mi-8 helicopter..

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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