Yuri Malyshev (cosmonaut)

Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев; 27 August 1941 – 8 November 1999) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984) missions.^[1][2]

Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev
Malyshev in c. 1980
Born	(1941-08-27)27 August 1941 Nikolayevsk, Volgograd Oblast, USSR
Died	8 November 1999(1999-11-08) (aged 58) Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Pilot
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	11d 19h 59m
Selection	Air Force Group 4
Missions	Soyuz T-2, Soyuz T-11/Soyuz T-10

Awards and honors

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)^{[citation needed]}
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980)^{[citation needed]}
• Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)^{[citation needed]}
• Ashoka Chakra (India, 1984)^{[citation needed]}

Publications

• Co-author of the book USSR-India. At Space Orbit