Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich – flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft;
flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft.

Born on January 7, 1935 in the city of Vyazniki, Ivanovo Industrial Region (now Vladimir Region). Russian. In 1952 he graduated from the 10th grade of school in Vyazniki, in 1958 he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute (aircraft engineering department).

In 1958-1966 he worked as an engineer, senior engineer and head of the OKB-1 group (now RSC Energia). Engaged in the design of manned spacecraft.

In 1966-1993 - in the cosmonaut corps. Completed 3 space flights with a total duration of 18 days 17 hours 59 minutes.

On October 11-16, 1969, he made a space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft (together with G.S. Shonin) lasting 4 days 22 hours 43 minutes. The crew of the ship took part in the first group flight of three spacecraft (together with Soyuz-7 and Soyuz-8), during which their rendezvous and maneuvering were carried out. During the flight, V.N. Kubasov was the first in the world to conduct experiments on welding in space.

For the successful implementation of the flight and the courage and heroism demonstrated by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 22, 1969 Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

On July 15-21, 1975, he made his second space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft (together with A.A. Leonov) under the ASTP program lasting 5 days 22 hours 31 minutes. During the flight, the world's first docking of two spacecraft from different countries was carried out - Soyuz-19 (USSR) and Apollo 18 (USA).

For the successful implementation of the flight and the courage and heroism displayed during this, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 22, 1975, he was awarded the second Gold Star medal and the Order of Lenin.

May 26 – June 3, 1980 he made his third space flight as a crew commander on the Soyuz-36 spacecraft (together with the Hungarian cosmonaut B. Farkas) and the Salyut-6 orbital station, lasting 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes.

In 1993-1997 he worked as deputy head of the department of the Main Design Bureau of NPO Energia, and since 1997 - as a scientific consultant at RSC Energia.

Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR (10/22/1969), Candidate of Technical Sciences (1968), Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve. Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic (1980). Awarded 3 Orders of Lenin (10/22/1969; 07/22/1975; 06/30/1980), medals, and foreign awards. He was awarded the K.E. Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1969) and the Yu.A. Gagarin Gold Medal (1975, FAI).

Honorary citizen of the cities of Vladimir, Vyazniki, Kaluga; Arkalyk and Karaganda (Kazakhstan); New York, Atlanta, Nashville, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Houston (USA).

A bronze bust of V.N. Kubasov was installed in the city of Vyazniki. A street in the city of Alexandrov, Vladimir region, is named after him.

Essays:
Interplanetary flights. M., 1979 (co-author);
A touch of space. M., 1984;
Methods of rendezvous in orbit. M., 1985 (co-authored).

Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov R Born on January 7, 1935 in the city of Vyazniki,
Vladimir region in a working family.

His father - TO Ubasov Nikolay Ivanovich (1906 - ? ) ,Participant of the Great Patriotic War.
After demobilization he worked as a mechanic;
His mother - Ku Basova (nee Dmitrieva) Tatyana Ivanovna (1907 - ? ) .
Elder sister: Kubasova (married - Tarasevich) Galina Nikolaevna (born in 1933),
before retiring she worked as a car depot economist.

Education and activities before enrollment in the cosmonaut corps :
In 1942 Valery Kubasov wentV first grade of primary school,
a 1952 Valery Nikolaevich Kubasovgraduated from high school
School No. 2 of the city of Vyazniki With silver medal

In 1958 he graduated from the Department of Aircraft Production Technology
Faculty of Aviation Engineering, Moscow Aviation Institute
named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze And received a diploma in mechanical engineering.

July 3, 1958 he was accepted on work V OKB-1 - Special Design Bureau
under management Sergei Pavlovich Korolev , on position of engineer of the 9th department.

From December 1, 1960- V.N. Kubasov was a senior engineer ,
and from October 17, 1962 - Head of the OKB-1 group.

V.N. Kubasov took an active part V development of interplanetary projects
automatic stations By lunar exploration program And Mars.

He was also involved in the design of a Martian manned spacecraft.
(TMK - heavy interplanetary spacecraft - approx. E.R.) .

Since September 6, 1964 he worked as the Head of the group of the 17th department of OKB-1,
and since 1976 was the Head of the testing department.

Space training and work in the cosmonaut corps:
In May - June 1964 Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was senton medical examination V Central Military Research Aviation Hospital V as one from 14 candidates from OKB-1 For flight
on the first three-seat spacecraft "Voskhod"
(target set "Sunrise" - approx. E.R. ) V quality
astronaut-engineer.

In June 1964 he received clearance from the medical commission To special training. June 11, 1964 his candidacy was considered on meeting of the Credentials Commission,But To enrollment V he is recommended to the group Not was.

In July 1965 V.N. Kubasov passed a medical examination V Institute
medical and biological problems V as a member of the first cohort of cosmonauts
V OKB-1 detachment ( since 1966 - Central Design Bureau of Experimental Mechanical Engineering, since 1974 -
Research and Production Association "Energia" ,now -
Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" named after S.P. Queen )
And was one from 12 OKB-1 engineers, passed all stages of selection.

In the spring of 1966, after the appearance of Order No. 25 By TsKBEM O formation
V Flight Test Department No. 90, Test Engineer Training Group, was sent on re-examination V IBMP, which was again successful.

May 23, 1966 passed the credentials committee V TsKBEM And By order of the Chief Designer Vasily Pavlovich MishinNo. 43 was included V first group of candidates V TsKBEM test cosmonauts (731st department of TsKBEM)V as Team Leader - candidate V astronauts .

May 27, 1966 By Order of the Minister of General Engineering No. 163 Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was enrolled V 731st department (cosmonaut squad) TsKBEM.

From May to August 1966V.N. Kubasov was trained V TsKBEM
V composition of the group of candidates V astronauts.

Since November 1966 he received direct training To flight V as flight engineer of the second crew of the passive spacecraft Soyuz-2
By "Docking" program,together With
And .
IN this flight was supposed to transfer the flight engineer And research engineer
from "Soyuz-2" V "Soyuz-1", That's why V.N. Kubasov together With V.V. Gorbatko, A.S. Eliseev
And E.V. Khrunov was trained To extravehicular activities.
Pilot's backup And commander of an active spacecraft
Soyuz-1 was Gagarin Yuri Alekseevich.

V.N. Kubasov should have been a stunt double ship flight engineer "Soyuz-2".
However because of a series of emergency situations that occurred on orbit in flight time
Soyuz-1 spacecraft,the launch of Soyuz-2 was canceled by the Decision
State Commission.
The Soyuz-1 spacecraft was dismantled With orbit by the ship's commander Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, But because of failure to extend the main parachute
And failure to disclose the spare, lander With enormous speed
crashed V land, Which caused To death of an astronaut.

By decision of the State Commission May 23, 1967 in June preparations began again V.N. KubasovaV as flight engineer of the second crew of the passive Soyuz spacecraft By "Docking" program, together With Andriyan Grigorievich NikolaevAnd Viktor Vasilievich Gorbatko .

By order of the Minister of General Engineering dated December 29, 1967 Valery
Nikolaevich Kubasov has entered V composition of the cosmonaut group "L-3" For preparation
To flight on Moon By program "N-1 - "L-3".
IN crew compositions of the future "lunar" manned spacecraft Not was appointed
And was listed V group formally, So how I continued my preparation By another program.

After the decision O carrying out in October 1968 "Docking" program first
joint test flight of the Soyuz-2 unmanned spacecraft And manned
Soyuz-3 spacecraft,and then - in January 1969 flight of two ships July 22, 1968
By decision of the Military-Industrial Commission at Council of Ministers of the USSR, astronauts
those with flight experience were withdrawn from main And backup crews.

Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov started To further preparation With Anatoly Vasilievich Filipchenko And Viktor Vasilievich Gorbatko V as a flight engineer backup crew of the Soyuz-5 spacecraft,
the composition of which was approved in November 1968.

January 15, 1969 launch time of the Soyuz-5 spacecraft
Alexey Stanislavovich Eliseev .

From late February to July 1969V.N. Kubasov was trained V as flight engineer of the first crew of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft By group flight program of three manned spacecraft,
together With Georgy Stepanovich Shonin.

From July to September 1969 V.N. Kubasovwas trained By This same program
V training maintenance mode because of flight delays.

At the same time with preparation To flight, in 1966 - 1968 he studiedV graduate school
Central Design Bureau of Experimental Mechanical Engineering.

After successfully defending your dissertation, in 1968 Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich
was awarded the academic degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences .

Your first flight into space Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov committed
from October 11 to October 16, 1969 as a space flight engineer
Soyuz-6 spacecraft together With Georgy Stepanovich Shonin.
The launch of Soyuz-6 was the first as part of a group of three spacecraft.

During the flight, experiments were carried out for the first time in the world
on carrying out welding work in space using Vulcan equipment
developed at the Kiev Electric Welding Institute named after E.O. Paton.

October 12 during the Lead experiment, astronauts with help
a special device detected the launch of those launched for this
experiment of two ballistic missiles.

Call sign: "Antey-2".
The flight duration was4 days 22 hours 42 minutes 47 seconds.

Preparation for the second flight:
IN communications With start of preparation To manned flight on Moon By program
"N-1 - L-3", October 14, 1967 after joint meetings in Cosmonaut Training Center, Central Design Bureau of Experimental Mechanical Engineering And Ministry of General Engineering of the USSR V.N. Kubasov
has enteredV list of astronauts, preparing By this program.
However, after Conversations with Deputy Air Force Commander-in-Chief for Space, Lieutenant General Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin And Chief designer of TsKBEM Vasily Pavlovich Mishin
Valery Kubasov Not has entered V final list of cosmonauts in training
By "lunar" program.
From September 18, 1970 to March 20, 1971Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov received direct training For flight to the first long-term orbital station (DOS-1) "Salyut" as flight engineer of the second (backup) crew By first expedition program, together WithAlexey Arkhipovich
Leonov And Peter Ivanovich Kolodin .

April 23, 1971 launch time of the Soyuz-10 spacecraft
was a backup to the ship's flight engineer Alexey Stanislavovich Eliseev .

From April 27 to May 27, 1971 was trained V as flight engineer of the main crew of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft For flight on the first long-term orbital station (DOS-1) "Salyut" V as flight engineer first (main) crew, together With
And Peter Ivanovich Kolodin .

However, for two days before flight, June 4, 1971, By decision of the State Commission, the main crew was removed from the flight due to the discovery atValeria Kubasova blackoutsV lungs,which turned out to be an allergic reaction on a drug, with which the bushes were sprayed V park of the hotel "Cosmonaut",where did the astronauts live? V "last" days before the start.
They were replaced by backups.
The flight ended tragically.
Astronauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov And Victor Patsaevsuccessfully completed the research programand experiments on on board the Salyut station
and June 30, 1971, at returning to Earth, died due to depressurization of the descent module ...

After medical examinations V.N. Kubasov was again
admitted To space training .

From October 10, 1971 to May 24, 1972 was preparing V as flight engineer of the first crew of the first expedition on long-term orbital station "Salyut-2" (DOS-2), together With A.A. Leonov.
The flight was canceled due to the accident of the Proton launch vehicle. in start time
stations on orbit July 29, 1972.

From August 25 to September 1972 together WithA.A. Leonov was trained
VC flight on 7K-T No. 34 By autonomous flight program With the purpose of testing new spacesuits "Sokol-K".
The manned flight was canceled, A ship 7K-T No. 34 committed
unmanned flight.

From October 25, 1972 to April 10, 1973 together WithA.A. Leonov passedV as flight engineer of the first crew
first expedition on long-term orbital station "Salyut-3"
(DOS-3),derived on low-Earth orbit May 11, 1973.
Control above the station was immediately lost, why are there connections? With her ( for manned operation) have become impossible.
Flight Leonova And Kubasova was canceled.

Station Not received the open name "Salyut-3".
IN in the Soviet press it was called How "Cosmos-557".
May 22, 1973 after working for about 11 days,the station entered
V dense layers of the atmosphere And stopped her
existence above Bolivia.

From May 1973 to June 16, 1975 together WithA.A. Leonov passeddirect training By Soviet-American program
flight ASTP ( Apollo-Soyuz experimental program)
V as flight engineer of the first crew.

Since October 11, 1973 simultaneously With work as a test cosmonaut
V.N. Kubasov continued work V 071st department of TsKBEM.

After the merger(May 22, 1974) TsKBEMand the Design Bureau of Power Engineering, the Scientific and Production Association "Energia" was formed in led by Valentin Petrovich Glushko.
V.N. Kubasov continued work And preparation V cosmonaut squad of NPO Energia.

Since January 1, 1975 he was an engineer And test cosmonaut
111th Department of the Head Design Bureau of NPO Energia.

Your second flight into space Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov committed
from July 15 to July 21, 1975 as a spacecraft flight engineer
Soyuz-19 under the ASTP program , together With Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov.
During the flight, docking in orbit of ships was performed for the first time.
different countries - "Soyuz-19"(USSR) and "Apollo" (USA).

Call sign: "Soyuz-2".

The flight duration was
5 days 22 hours 30 minutes 51 seconds .

Preparing for the third flight:
From January 1977 to June 9, 1978Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was trained V as commander of the second (duplicate) Soviet-Polish crew By expedition program for visiting the orbital station "Salyut-6",
together With citizen of the Polish People's Republic Zenon Yankovsky .

From May 5, 1977 to July 7, 1981 he was the leader
flight test department for cosmonaut trainingHead
design bureau NPO "Energia" .

June 27, 1978in launch time of the Soyuz-30 spacecraft
was the ship's backup commander Peter Ilyich Klimuk .

From November 20, 1978 to May 18, 1979 Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov received direct training To flight V as commander of the first ( main ) crewBy , together With Bertalan Farkas .

The flight was delayed due to an accident with the corrective-braking propulsion system. on spacecraft "Soyuz-33", piloted by a Soviet-Bulgarian crew.
IN communications With this from September 3, 1979 to May 12, 1980Valery Kubasov And Bertalan Farkas continued preparations V training maintenance mode
By same program.

Your third and last flight into space Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov committed
from May 26 to June 3, 1980 as commander of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft By program of the Soviet-Hungarian expedition to visit the Salyut-6 orbital station, together With citizen of the Hungarian People's Republic
Bertalan Farkas .

Have workedon stations With crew of the fourth main expedition - cosmonauts
Leonid Ivanovich Popov And Valais Ry Viktorovich Ryumin.

Call sign: "Orion-1".

The flight duration was
7 days 20 hours 45 minutes 44 seconds .

Activities after space flight :
July 7, 1981Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was appointed Deputy Chief
110th test cosmonaut training complex NPO Energia V composition
Enterprise space flight control services.

Since January 1, 1982 he was the Head of the 29th department cosmonaut training
testers of NPO "Energia", V which except groups of cosmonauts-flight engineers
And methodological units,included laboratory,engaged in development
And testing of "space" instruments, and methods of repair and restoration work, conducted both inside, so outside the station,
at exits V open space

After a series of transformations V flight test complex of the enterprise,
WithJune 12, 1987 V.N. Kubasov worked V positions Deputy Head
5th complex, and December 29, 1989 he was appointed on job title
Deputy Head of the 5th Department of the Head Design Department
Bureau of the Scientific and Production Association "Energy".

November 3, 1993Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov wasexpelled
from cosmonaut corps V communications With care on pension By length of service.

After leaving squad , since December 6, 1993 he continued to work V positions
Deputy Head of the 5th Department of the State Design Bureau NPO "Energia" ( from April 29, 1994 -Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" named after S.P. Queen") .

Since November 28, 1997 V.N. Kubasov workedV 887th Department of Rocket and Space
Corporation "Energy" named after S.P. Queen V scientific consultant positions.

To him as someone who has completed military service V the reserve was awarded the rank
"Lieutenant Colonel Reserve Engineer".

Publications:
Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov - book author "Touch of Space" .
(Memoirs of an astronaut; Moscow, publishing house "Politizdat";
1984, 176 pp., Circulation 100,000 copies) .
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IN co-authorship With Leading specialist of RSC Energia named after S.P. Queen
Dashkov Alexander Alekseevich , Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov
wrote a book "Interplanetary flights" ( 1978 ) .

He also became the author of the book "Professional training of astronauts" ( 1985 ) .

V.N. Kubasov was includedV composition of the book's editorial board "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz" -
"Progress" ( Moscow, publishing house "Machine Building"; 1983) And was one from
authors of articles in this book, dedicated to the implementation of the program
manned flights.

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Social activity :
From 1968 to 1991 Valery Nikolaevich Kubasovwas a member of the CPSU.

He was the Chairman of the public fund named after Yu.A. Gagarin And elected
Full member of the K. E. Tsiolkovsky Cosmonautics
And this Academy.

Coolness:
Test cosmonaut 3rd class ( since December 4, 1969) ;
Test cosmonaut 2nd class ( since August 1, 1975) ;
Test cosmonaut 1st class ( since July 17, 1980 ) .

Awards:

"For the successful implementation of group sex e that of spaceships"Soyuz-6",
"Soyuz-7" and "Soyuz-8", and the courage and heroism shown " ,
pilot-cosmonaut Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich was assigned
title of Hero of the Soviet Union with handniya Order of Lenin
and medals"Golden Star "(№ 10 720 ) .

By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 22, 1969 "For the implementation of space flight on the Soyuz-6 ship
Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich was assigned
rank "USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut" .

By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 22, 1975 "For successful implementation space flight on the Soviet ship "Soyuz-19"
with the US spacecraft Apolloand the courage and heroism shown
Kubasov Valerieth Nikolaevichwas awarded the Order of Lenin
and the second medal "Gold Star" .

By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1980 "For the successful implementation of the floor eta on the orbital research complex "S Alyut-6" - "Soyuz-35" - "Soyuz-36" and manifested with courage
and heroism" Kubasov Valerieth Nikolaevichwas awarded the Order of Lenin .

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 436 dated April 12, 2011 "For great services in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of conscientious work, active social activities" Kubasov Valery Nikolaevichwas awarded
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" .

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In 1985 he was awarded the Veteran of Labor medal.

By Decree of the Presidium of the Hungarian People's Republic of June 3, 1980
"For successful implementation joint Soviet-Hungarian space flight and those manifested with courage and heroism"Kubasov Valery
Nikolaevich was awarded the title"Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic"
with the presentation of the Gold Star medal to him .

In 1969, by the decision of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences
"For the successful implementation of a group space flight
spacecraft "Soyuz-6", "Soyuz-7" and "Soyuz-8"Kubasov Valery Nikolaevich
was awarded a Gold Medal
named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky .

In 2008, the International Academy of Social Sciences and the International Academy of Philanthropy awardedKubasov Valery Nikolaevich
National award "For the Glory of the Fatherland" in the nomination "Glory to Russia!"
with the presentation of the Order "For the Glory of the Fatherland" II degree .

Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov- Honorary citizen of the cities of Vladimir , Vyazniki,Kaluga(Russia ); Arkalyk, Karaganda (Kazakhstan ); NY, Atlanta, Nashville,
San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Houston (USA).

Soviet cosmonaut No. 18. This is how he went down in history. Our fellow countryman is Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. USSR pilot-cosmonaut. And since 2016 - Honorary Citizen of the Vladimir Region (posthumously). Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was born on January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki. In the family of Nikolai Ivanovich and Tatyana Ivanovna Kubasov. The father of the future space conqueror was a military man. Valery Kubasov dreamed of heaven since childhood. In Vyazniki, he studied at secondary school No. 2, from which he graduated in 1952, with a silver medal. Then he studied at the Moscow Aviation Institute. Aircraft Engineering Faculty, class of 1958. From 1966 to 1968 - postgraduate studies. At the Central Design Bureau. Then the dissertation defense. Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov receives a Candidate of Technical Sciences degree. By the way, immediately after graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute, a native of Vyaznikov Kubasov was assigned to OKB-1 (later the Central Design Bureau). Valery Kubasov went from an engineer to a test cosmonaut instructor and head of the flight test service. Our fellow countryman was engaged in the design of manned spacecraft.

In many ways, 1966 was a turning point for Valery Kubasov. Five years after the legendary flight of Yuri Gagarin, on May 23, 1966, by order of the boss and chief designer Vasily Mishin, Valery Kubasov was included in the first group of test cosmonauts of the enterprise. And Kubasov worked in the cosmonaut corps for almost 30 years. Until November 1993.

18 days 17 hours 59 minutes. This is the total duration of space flights of Vyaznikov resident Valery Kubasov. And there were three of them in his life. So, first flight. Valery Nikolaevich performed it from October 11 to 16, 1969 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft together with Georgy Shonin. This was the program of the world's first group flight of three Soyuz-6/Soyuz-7/Soyuz-8 spacecraft. It was during this flight that, for the first time in the world, experiments were carried out on the implementation of welding work in space. And flight engineer Kubasov conducted them.
His call sign was "Antey-2". And the flight duration was four days, 22 hours, 42 minutes, 47 seconds.

Valery Kubasov made his second flight to the stars from July 15 to 21, 1975 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft together with Alexei Leonov. Let us remind you that Alexey Arkhipov, by decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Region, also became an honorary citizen of the 33rd region. By the way, Valery Nikolaevich’s partner, Alexey Leonov, said more than once: “Thank you to the Vladimir land. For Kubasov." The July 1975 flight became an epoch-making event. On July 15, at 15.20, Soyuz-19 was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. With Leonov and Kubasov on board... A few hours later, the Apollo ship sets off for the stars in the USA. And here it is, the first ever handshake between Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts in orbit. This is the first time that ships from different countries have docked in orbit. Already in the new millennium, it was on Vladimir soil that the participants in those events repeated that same legendary handshake. In 2005, the crews were met in the Vladimir region. Together with Alexei Leonov, Thomas Stafford and Vance Brand, Valery Kubasov recalled that flight. And this is archival, already unique footage.

"The ships docked. It was approximately over the Elbe, over Europe."

On the Apollo-Soyuz expedition, Kubasov's call sign was Soyuz-2. And the flight duration was 5 days 22 hours 30 minutes 51 seconds. "Orion-1" This is already the call sign for the third flight. From May 26 to June 3, 1980. Kubasov became the commander of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft under the program of the Soviet-Hungarian expedition to visit the Salyut-6 orbital station. In the 1980s, the representative of the Hungarian People's Republic, the first Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas, became Vyaznikov's "space partner". That flight lasted 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes and 44 seconds. Space loves precision.

Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov never broke ties with the Vladimir land. And he said about Vyazniki: “this city is always in my heart.” In addition, Valery Nikolaevich regularly came with his colleagues to the Kirzhach district, to Novoselovo. To the place of death of Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seregin. He was well acquainted with cosmonaut No. 1 Yuri Gagarin. And this is how he talked about it in one of the interviews.

VALERY KUBASOV, PILOT-COSMONAUT, TWICE HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION:“He and I often sat on the simulator, practicing various modes of returning to earth and descending from space orbit, and I saw how passionate he was about astronautics.”

Valery Kubasov is twice Hero of the Soviet Union, winner of many of the highest awards. Including the medal "For Merit in Space Exploration". Hero of the Hungarian Republic. Honorary citizen of many cities: from New York to Kaliningrad. And, of course, Vyaznikov, the city of childhood. As Kubasov himself recalled, he came to Vyazniki at the first opportunity. I tried not to miss the famous All-Russian Fatyanovsky holiday. Emphasizing, the songs of the “Vyaznikovsky nightingale” - Alexei Fatyanov - are the same cosmos. Only feelings and emotions.

VALERY KUBASOV, PILOT-COSMONAUT, TWICE HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION:"These are melodic, soulful songs, full, deep... In every sense, that's why I love them so much."

Valery Kubasov's spacesuit is still kept on display at the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve - in the Golden Gate. In the section "Heroes of the Soviet Union". Valery Nikolaevi is the author of several books. One of the main ones is “Touch of Space”. Even after his retirement, he was active and was a wise mentor for the current generation of space explorers. The famous fellow countryman Valery Kubasov passed away on February 19, 2014. Valery Nikolaevich was 79. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union was buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. Surprisingly happy in his profession - a lucky star, no less, this is how he was in everyday life. Together with his wife Lyudmila Ivanovna, Valery Nikolaevich raised his daughter Ekaterina and son Dmitry. The people of Vladimir have always been proud of their outstanding fellow countryman. In the memory of several generations and, of course, the entire country, Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov will remain a man from that cohort of star conquerors. Brave, bright, courageous. Valery Kubasov - SOVIET COSMONAUT No. 18. The hero of space comes from Vyazniki.

Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov - flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft; flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft; commander of the crew of the Soyuz-36 spacecraft.
Born on January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki (now Vladimir region) in the family of an employee. After graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute (aircraft engineering department), he was assigned to work at OKB-1 (Korolev Design Bureau) in the ballistics department. Engaged in the design of manned spacecraft. In 1966 he enlisted in the corps of Soviet cosmonauts.
From 1966 to 1993 he performed 3 space flights with a total duration of 18 days 17 hours 59 minutes.
On October 11-16, 1969, he made a space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-6 spacecraft together with G.S. Shonin, lasting 4 days 22 hours 43 minutes. The first group flight of three spacecraft (together with Soyuz-7 and Soyuz-8). During the flight, the ships approached and maneuvered. V.N. Kubasov was the first in the world to conduct experiments on welding in space.
On July 15-21, 1975, he made his second space flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft together with A. A. Leonov, lasting 5 days 22 hours 31 minutes. During the flight, the world's first docking of two spacecraft from different countries was carried out - Soyuz-19 (USSR) and Apollo 18 (USA).
May 26 - June 3, 1980, he made his third space flight as a crew commander on the Soyuz-36 spacecraft together with the Hungarian cosmonaut B. Farkas and the Salyut-6 orbital station, lasting 7 days 20 hours 45 minutes.
After leaving the cosmonaut corps, he continued to work at NPO Energia as deputy head of the 5th department of the Main Design Bureau (GKB). Since November 28, 1997, he was a scientific consultant in the 887th department of RSC Energia named after S.P. Korolev.
Lived in Moscow. Died on February 19, 2014. He was buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Awards and titles:

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1969, 1975);
three Orders of Lenin;
medal “For Merit in Space Exploration” (April 12, 2011) - for great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of conscientious work, active social activities;
gold medal named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky of the USSR Academy of Sciences;
gold medal named after Yu. A. Gagarin;
Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic (1980);
gold medal “For services to the development of science and to humanity” (Czechoslovakia);
medal "People's Technology" (Yugoslavia).

Public awards:

Prize “For the Glory of the Fatherland” in the nomination “Glory of Russia” (2008), established by the International Academy of Social Sciences and the International Academy of Philanthropy;
Order "For the Glory of the Fatherland" II degree (2008).

Candidate of Technical Sciences (1968). Member of the CPSU since 1968.
Honorary citizen of the cities of Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Vladimir, Vyazniki (Russia), Karaganda, Arkalyk (Kazakhstan), New York, Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Nashville, Salt Lake City (USA).
A bronze bust of V. N. Kubasov was installed in Vyazniki. A street in the city of Alexandrov, Vladimir region, is named after him.

Official tourist portal of the Vladimir region

Valery Kubasov (1935 - 2014) - famous Soviet cosmonaut. He is known as a space flight engineer, and also as a participant in the famous Soyuz-Apollo program, during which the space stations of the two “superpowers” ​​docked.

Biography

Valery Kubasov was born in the city of Vyazniki, in the Vladimir region. He also attended school there. Since childhood, he dreamed of building airplanes, so after school he went to the Moscow Aviation Institute. Like many cosmonauts, Kubasov was an aviator in the early stages of his life.

After graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute, he was assigned to the Korolev design bureau, to the ballistics department. It turned out that from a young age, aircraft designer Kubasov began to serve in the nascent space industry of the Soviet Union.

Flights into space

During his space career, Valery Kubasov made several flights:

• 1969 - together with G.S. Shonin, the seventeenth cosmonaut of the country, he sets off on a flight on the Soyuz-6 spacecraft. Here, for the first time in the world, flight engineer Kubasov carried out welding work in space conditions. Equipment for this was specially developed in one of the Soviet laboratories
• 1975 - flight on the Soyuz-19 spacecraft, which docked with the American Apollo
• 1980 - third flight on the Soyuz-36 spacecraft as part of the Soviet-Hungarian expedition. Kubasov's partner was the Hungarian cosmonaut B. Farkas.

"Handshake in Space"

The Soyuz-Apollo project, known as the “handshake in space,” involved a series of experiments in which, of course, Valery Kubasov also participated. One of these experiments was microbial exchange: members of both crews exchanged microorganisms with each other.

The astronauts also studied the solar corona using an artificial solar eclipse - the Sun was eclipsed by Apollo, and the observation was made from Soyuz. Another experiment involved chemical and metallurgical processes in space conditions.

After space career

Having completed his service to space, Valery Kubasov continued to work at NPO Energia. Since 1997, he has been a scientific consultant to this organization. The cosmonaut spent his last years in Moscow, where he died in 2014. Back in the seventies, Kubasov began writing books about astronautics. He was one of the authors of the books “Interplanetary Flights” and “Professional Training of Astronauts,” and in 1984 he published the book “A Touch of Space.”

Honorable Sir

Valery Kubasov is a cosmonaut, famous and respected not only in the USSR, but also abroad. It is not surprising that he is an honorary citizen of both cities of the former Soviet Union and many American cities. He is also a Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic.