| Name: Bykovsky, Valeri | Country: Soviet Union | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 3 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Flight Up | Landing Date - Flight Down |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vostok 5 | June 14, 1963 - Vostok 5 | June 19, 1963 - Vostok 5 |
| 2. Soyuz 22 | September 15, 1976 - Soyuz 22 | September 23, 1976 - Soyuz 22 |
| 3. Soyuz 31 | August 26, 1978 - Soyuz 31 | September 3, 1978 - Soyuz 29 |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Vostok 3 (Backup Crew) |
Joint mission with Vostok 4 |
| 1. Vostok 5 | Joint mission with Vostok 6 |
| Soyuz 2A (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew of a planned flight to dock with Soyuz 1 Soyuz 2A was planned to dock with Soyuz 1 and two cosmonauts would have spacewalked from Soyuz 2A to Soyuz 1. Problems with Soyuz 1 lead to an early landing. Parachute problems lead to Soyuz 1 to crash, killing its pilot. Soyuz 2A was inspected after the crash and was discovered to have the same flaw in its parachute system. |
| Soyuz 7K-L1 Flight 2 (Cancelled) |
Planned second Soviet circumlunar space flight Cancelled after the success of Apollo 8 orbiting the Moon |
| 2. Soyuz 22 | Surplus Soyuz from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Modified with a Zeiss camera in place of the universal docking apparatus on a Earth mapping mission |
| 3. Soyuz 31 | Salyut 6 Visiting Expedition EP-04 Crew 3rd international crew under the INTERCOSMOS program Docked with Salyut 6 on August 27, 1978 aboard Soyuz 31 Returned to Earth on September 3, 1978 aboard Soyuz 29 |
| Soyuz 37 (Backup Crew) |
Salyut 6 Visiting Expedition EP-08 Crew 6th international crew under the INTERCOSMOS program |
| Return to Master List | Three Spaceflights | Salyut Program - Salyut 6 Exp.-Crew |
| Soviet Cosmonauts | Vostok Program | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |
Updated - March 26, 2006