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Dobrokvashina, Yelena Ivanovna

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Dobrokvashina
Dobrokvashina
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Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1993. Civilian Physician, Institute of Biological Medical Problems. Cosmonaut training October 1979 - July 1980. Returned to work at the IMBP.

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Family
Cosmonaut
Country
Russia
Agency
IMBP
Bibliography
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Chronology

2 events

1947 October 8

  • Birth of Dr Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Dobrokvashina. Russian physician cosmonaut, 1980-1993. Civilian Physician, Institute of Biological Medical Problems. Cosmonaut training October 1979 - July 1980. Returned to work at the IMBP..

1986 September

  • Soyuz T-15C (cancelled) - . Crew: Dobrokvashina, Ivanova, Savitskaya. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Solovyov, Viktorenko. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15C. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T.

    Cancelled all-female flight to be launched on International Woman's Day, to have docked with Mir or Salyut 7. Breakdown of Salyut 7, exhaustion of stock of Soyuz T spacecraft, and official resistance led to cancellation of the mission. Officially cancelled due to birth of Savitskaya's baby. No female cosmonauts would be in training again until a decade later.