Varlamov, Valentin Stepanovich
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Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1960-1961. Left team after fracturing a vertebra in a diving accident in July 1960. Worked in the Soviet space program as a flight instructor for new cosmonauts within the TsPK.
Graduated from Military Pilot School, Novosibirsk, 1955. Died of a hemorrhage in the brain after an accident at home.
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1934 August 15
- Birth of Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Varlamov. Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1960-1961. Left team after fracturing a vertebra in a diving accident in July 1960. Worked in the Soviet space program as a flight instructor for new cosmonauts within the TsPK..
1960 February 25
- Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 1 selected. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Anikeyev,
Belyayev,
Bondarenko,
Bykovsky,
Filatyev,
Gagarin,
Gorbatko,
Kartashov,
Khrunov,
Komarov,
Leonov,
Nelyubov,
Nikolayev,
Popovich,
Rafikov,
Shonin,
Titov,
Varlamov,
Volynov,
Zaikin.
The group was selected to provide pilot astronauts for the Vostok manned spaceflight program.. Qualifications: Military jet aircraft pilots under 30 years of age; under 170 cm tall; under 70 kg in weight.. While the Americans sought mature test pilots for their first spaceflights, the Soviets recruited young pilots with the intent of training them for a career as spacemen. There were 3,000 applicants following interviews with medical doctor teams that toured Soviet air bases beginning in August 1959. 102 were called for physical and psychological tests. 8 of these were selected, but then Chief Designer Korolev said he wanted a pool three times larger than the American Mercury cadre. Of the 20 selected, 12 would fly in space. Of the 8 that did not, 1 died in a ground fire in training; 3 were dismissed for disciplinary reasons; and 4 left following injuries in training.
1980 October 2
- Death of cpsmonaut Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov at Moscow, Russia. Hemorrhage in the brain after an accident at home. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Varlamov. Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1960-1961. Left team after fracturing a vertebra in a diving accident in July 1960. Worked in the Soviet space program as a flight instructor for new cosmonauts within the TsPK..