Valery Ryumin

Valery Victorovich Ryumin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Рюмин; 16 August 1939 – 6 June 2022) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Valery Ryumin
Ryumin in 1998
Born	(1939-08-16)16 August 1939 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	6 June 2022(2022-06-06) (aged 82) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet, Russian
Occupation	Flight engineer
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space	371d 17h 24m
Selection	1973 Civilian Specialist Group 5
Total EVAs	1
Total EVA time	1 hour 23 minutes
Missions	Soyuz 25, Soyuz 32, Soyuz 35/Soyuz 37, Soyuz 34, STS-91
Mission insignia

In 1973, he joined the RSC Energia cosmonaut corps. He took part in four space flights. Ryumin spent 362 days in space.

In 1977, he spent two days aboard Soyuz-25. In 1979, he spent 175 days aboard Soyuz vehicles and the Salyut 6 space station. In 1980, he spent 185 days aboard Soyuz vehicles and the Salyut 6 space station.

From 1981 to 1989, Ryumin was flight director for the Salyut 7 space station and the Mir space station.

Ryumin died on 6 June 2022 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 82.^[1]