Vladimir Kovalyonok
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions. Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the long-endurance mission EO-2 which set a new record of 139 days in space. He retired from the cosmonaut team on June 23, 1984.
From 1990 to 1992 he was a Director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).
Missions
Honours and awards
- Soviet Union, twice
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class
- Order of Military Merit
- Three Orders of Lenin
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" - for great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
- Hero of the German Democratic Republic
- Order of Karl Marx
- Hero of the MPR
- Order of Sukhbaatar
- Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class
- Order for Service to the Homeland, 2nd class