Vladimir Vasyutin

Astronaut

Birthday March 8, 1952

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Russia

DEATH DATE Jul 19, 2002 (50)

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About

Cosmonaut and commander of the 1985 Soyuz T-14 mission to the Salyut 7 space station. He spent more than sixty days in space.

Before Fame

He served in the Soviet Air Force.

Trivia

He fell ill on Salyut 7 and had to make an emergency return to Earth.

Family Life

He married and had two children. He died of cancer at the age of fifty.

Associated With

He and Yuri Gagarin were both Soviet cosmonauts.