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Personal: Male. Born in Borovichi, Moscow, Russia. Soviet Air Force Graduated from Military Pilot School, Bataisk, 1952. Graduated from Air Force Military Academy, Monino, 1955 Soviet Air Force. Colonel and pilot, Soviet Air Force. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 2 - 1963. Inactive Entered space service: 8 January 1963. Left space service: 28 June 1974. Cosmonaut basic training January 1963 - 21 January 1965. He was assigned for Soyuz 13, but he and his flight engineer Yazdovsky had personal differences, resulting in the prime crew being grounded and the backup crew flying instead. Forced out of the cosmonaut group on 28 June 1974 on political grounds. Worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Retired from active military duty in 1986.
Vorobyov Chronology 8 January 1963 - 15 new cosmonauts are selected.. The new trainees include one from the VMF Navy Aviation, two from the PVO Air Defence, four from the RVSN Strategic Rocket Forces, and eight from the VVS Air Force. 10 January 1963 - Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 2 selected.. The group was selected to provide astronauts for the Soyuz manned spaceflight program.. Qualifications: Military pilots, engineers, or navigators under 40 years of age; graduate of military academy or civilian university; under 170 cm tall; under 70 kg in weight.. 2 September 1966 - Cosmonaut military program training groups. Flight: Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 1, Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 2, Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 3, Soviet Lunar Landing, Voskhod 3, Soyuz 1, Soyuz 2A, Soyuz 3A, Soyuz 4A, Soyuz 5A. Kamanin organises the cosmonauts into the following training groups:
12 June 1971 - Soyuz 11 Day 7. Flight: Soyuz 11. Launch, docking, and the first five days of work by the Soyuz 11 crew aboard the Salyut 1 station proceeded with virtually no failures whatsoever. Cosmonauts Filipchenko, Lavarev, and Vorobyov will fly with Kamanin to Yevpatoriya to act as capcoms and cosmonaut centre liaisons for the rest of the mission. 15 June 1971 - Soyuz Kontakt and DOS-2 crew assignments made.. Flight: Soyuz 11, Soyuz 12 / DOS 1, Soyuz sn 18, Soyuz sn 19, Soyuz sn 20, Soyuz sn 21, Soyuz sn 22, Soyuz sn 23, DOS 2-1, DOS 2-2, DOS 2-3, DOS 2-4. Crews are formed for six Soyuz (Kontakt?) flights. Soyuz s/n 18 - Filipchenko and Grechko; Soyuz s/n 19 - Lazarev and Makarov; Soyuz s/n 20 - Vorobyov and Yazdovsky; Soyuz s/n 21 - Yakovlelv and Porvatkin; Soyuz s/n 22 - Kovalyonok and Isakov; Soyuz s/n 23 - Shcheglov and [illegible]. Five crews are training for Salyut flights: Crew 1, Leonov, Rukavishnikov, and Kolodin; Crew 2, Gubarev, Sevastyanov, and Voronov. TsKBEM engineer cosmonauts are to be selected will round out the last three crews, but VVS members will be: Crew 3, Klimuk, Artyukhin; Crew 4, Bykovskyy, Alekseyev; Crew 5, Gorbatko. Leonov and Gubarev will have their crews fully ready for Soyuz 12 by 30 June, for a launch date between 15-20 July. Leonov is asking to go to East Germany for two to three days in the first week of July. Kamanin is fully opposed to this - he is thinkng not of his upcoming flight, but the exhibition of his paintings at the Prezdensk Gallery! 1972 Early - Soyuz sn 20 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz sn 20. Soyuz s/n 20 would have been the active spacecraft of the second dual launch to test the Kontakt lunar orbit rendezvous system. A crew transfer using the Krechet spacesuit would presumably have taken place. 1973 Early - Soyuz Kontakt A (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Backup Crew. Flight: Soyuz Kontakt A. Final crews selected for a dual Soyuz mission in Earth orbit to test the Kontakt docking system to be used on the lunar landing LOK and LK spacecraft. The launches were delayed and then cancelled due to continuing problems with the N1 lunar booster. 18 December 1973 - Soyuz 13. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Soyuz 13. A unique flight of the 7K-T/AF modification of the Soyuz spacecraft. The orbital module was dominated by the large Orion 2 astrophysical camera. The crew conducted astrophysical observations of stars in the ultraviolet range. Additional experiments included spectrozonal photography of specific areas of the earth's surface, and continued testing of space craft's on-board systems. Bibliography and Further Reading
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