Vladimir Titov | |
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Born | Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov January 1, 1947 |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Pilot |
Space career | |
RKA Cosmonaut | |
Rank | Colonel |
Time in space | 387d 00h 45m |
Selection | 1976 Cosmonaut Group |
Missions | Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10-1, Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), STS-63, STS-86 |
Mission insignia |
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut. He has participated in four spaceflight missions. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only four people to use a launch escape system. He is married to Alexandra Kozlova, they have two children.