Valentin Lebedev

Valentin Vitaljevich Lebedev
Lebedev (right) on Soviet postage stamp
Born (1942-04-14) April 14, 1942 (age 82)
StatusRetired
NationalitySoviet
OccupationEngineer
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space
219 days 5 hours 59 minutes
Selection1965 Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
2 hours 33 minutes
MissionsSoyuz 13, Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-5
Mission insignia
Salyut

Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942, in Moscow) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days,[1] was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

Since 1989 Lebedev has dedicated himself to scientific work. In 1991 he started the Scientific Geoinformation Center of the Russian Academy of Science. He continues as that Center's Director through the present day.

Valentin Lebedev is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, and Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.

  1. ^ a record until 1995, when Valeri Polyakov completed 437.7 days in space