Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalyonok | |
Type: | Cosmonaut |
Nationality: | Belarusian |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1942 |
Birth Place: | Bielaye, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus) |
Occupation: | Pilot-cosmonaut |
Status: | Retired |
Rank: | Colonel General, Soviet Air Force |
Selection: | Air Force Group 4 |
Time: | 216d 09h 08m |
Mission: | Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29/Soyuz 31, Soyuz T-4 |
Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) |
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (be|Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; ru|Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions. Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the long-endurance mission EO-2 which set a new record of 139 days in space. He retired from the cosmonaut team on June 23, 1984.
From 1990 to 1992 he was a Director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).