[ Astronauts & Cosmonauts ]

Valeri Fyodorovich Bykovsky

Born: 2 August 1934, Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Nationality: Russian

Died:

Flights:
1 Vostok 5 14 June 1963 4 days, 23 hours, 0 minutes
2 Soyuz 22 15 September 1976 7 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes
3 Soyuz 31 / Soyuz 29 26 August 1978 7 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes

Bykovsky had been assigned to the second Soviet circumlunar flight, which was cancelled after the success of Apollo 8.