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Vitali Ivanovich Sevastyanov
Vitaliy Sevastyanov
Cosmonaut
NationalitySoviet
BornJuly 8, 1935 (1935-07-08) (age 72)
Krasnouralsk, Russia
Other occupationEngineer
Space time80d 16h 18m
SelectionCivilian Specialist Group 3
MissionsSoyuz 9, Soyuz 18

Vitali Ivanovich Sevastyanov, (Russian: Виталий Иванович Севастьянов; born July 8, 1935 in Krasnouralsk) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Krasnouralsk (Красноура́льск is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. 1957 - Man In Space Soonest Group 1 - USA Neil A Armstrong, Albert S Soyuz 9 paved the way for the Salyut Space station missions investigating theeffects of long-term Weightlessness on crew and evaluating the work Soyuz 18, of the Soyuz spacecraft series brought cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Vitali Sevastyanov to the Salyut 4 Space station Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Krasnouralsk (Красноура́льск is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Soyuz 9 paved the way for the Salyut Space station missions investigating theeffects of long-term Weightlessness on crew and evaluating the work Soyuz 18, of the Soyuz spacecraft series brought cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Vitali Sevastyanov to the Salyut 4 Space station

He trained as an engineer at the Moscow Aviation Institute and after graduation in 1959, joined Sergey Korolev's design bureau, where he worked on the design of the Vostok spacecraft. Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technology (Московский авиационный институт named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, is The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov (often Transliterated as Sergei Korolev) (Серге́й Па́влович Королёв Сергій Павлович Корольов The Vostok ( Russian: Восток, translated as East) was a type of Spacecraft built by the Soviet Union 's space programme for He also lectured at the Cosmonaut Training Centre, teaching the physics of spaceflight. The Cosmonaut Training Center was inaugurated on January 11, 1960 in Star City outside Moscow. In 1967 he commenced cosmonaut training himself. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.

After two successful missions, including a two-month stay on the Salyut 4 space station, he was stood down from active flight status in 1976. Salyut 4 (DOS 4 (Салют-4 English translation Salute 4) was a Salyut Space station launched on December 26, 1974 A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He worked in ground control for the Salyut 6 station before returning to spacecraft design in the 1980s to work on the Buran project. Salyut 6 (Салют-6 lit  Salute 6) was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth flown as part of the Salyut programme. The Buran spacecraft ( Буран "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard") GRAU index 11F35 K1, was the only fully completed and operational

During the 1980's he was the host of a popular television program on space exploration entitled Man, Earth, Universe. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

In 1993, he left the space programme and was elected to the State Duma in 1994. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The State Duma (Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma common abbreviation Госдума (Gosduma in the Russian Federation is the Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

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