NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vladimir Kovalyonok

Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born March 3, 1942 in Beloye, Minsk voblast, USSR (now in Belarus)) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He entered the Russian space programme on July 5, 1967 and was commander of three missions. He retired on June 23, 1984.

Missions

Soyuz 25
Soyuz 29
Soyuz T-4

External link

Cosmonaut Biography: Vladimir Kovalyonok (http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kovalyonok_vladimir.htm)

Categories: 1942 births | Soviet Union cosmonauts | Belarusian cosmonauts

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Soyuz 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (313 words)
	The Commander was Vladimir Kovalyonok, and the flight engineer was Aleksandr Ivanchenkov.
	Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin served as their backup crew.
	Upon arriving at Salyut 6, Kovalyonok and Ivanchenkov switched on the station’s air regenerators and thermal regulation system, and activated the water recycling system to reprocess water left aboard by the Tamyrs.

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