Everything about Vladimir Dzhanibekov totally explained
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (
Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков; born
May 13,
1942) was a
cosmonaut who made five flights.
He was born in the remote area of
Iskandar in the
Tashkent region,
Uzbekistan. He changed his surname from Krysin when he married to honor his wife's family belonged to a noble kin of the descendants of the medieval Uzbek khan
Jani Beg (Russianized as Dzhanibek). His family moved to Tashkent soon after his birth. In
1960 he entered
Leningrad University to study
physics, where he became involved in flying, something that he'd always been interested in. In 1961 he decided to enrol in the V. M. Komarov Higher Military Flying School at Yeisk. Four years later he graduated and became a flying instructor in the Soviet
Air force. In 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut. This was the same year that he joined the
Communist Party.
Dzhanibekov made five flights:
Soyuz 27,
Soyuz 39,
Soyuz T-6,
Soyuz T-12 and
Soyuz T-13. In all he'd spent 145 days, 15 hours and 56 minutes in space over these five missions. He had also performed two
EVAs with a total time of 8 hours and 35 minutes.
After leaving the cosmonaut program in
1986, he became involved in politics. He was the Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Uzbek SSR from
1985 until
1990. He is also interested painting and his works, predominantly about space have been shown in several exhibitions.
He also became interested in
ballooning, and flying around the world. He made only one flight though, that lasted only 30 minutes. He,
Larry Newman and
Don Moses lifted off in
Earthwinds on
January 13,
1993 but couldn't penetrate a strong inversion layer and tore the ballast balloon on a mountain peak.
He is twice a
Hero of the Soviet Union (by decrees of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 16, 1978 and on March 30, 1981), has five
Orders of Lenin and an
Order of the Red Star. He is also a
Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic and has the Mongolian
Order of Sukhe-Bator. He also has the
Legion of Honour from France. He is an honorary citizen of Gagarin, Kaluga (
Russia), Arkalyk (
Kazakhstan), Houston (
U.S.).
A
minor planet 3170 Dzhanibekov discovered by
Soviet astronomer
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after the him.
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