Pyotr Klimuk

Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Klimuk
Пётр Климук
	Klimuk in 1970
Born	10 July 1942 (age 82); Kamaroŭka, BSSR, Soviet Union
Status	Retired
Nationality	Belarusian
Occupation	Pilot-cosmonaut
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (2); Order of Lenin (3); Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd class; Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class;
	Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel General
Time in space	78d 18h 17m
Selection	1965 Cosmonaut Group
Missions	Soyuz 13, Soyuz 18, Soyuz 30

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільіч Клімук; Russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.