Biography:Valeriy Makrushin
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Valeriy Grigoryevich Makrushin (Макрушин, Валерий Григорьевич[1]) (born 14 January 1940, died 2003[1]) was a cosmonaut for the Soviet Union.[2]
Soviet space program
Makrushin joined the Chelomey Design Bureau after graduating from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation in 1963. He was recruited to a cosmonaut team on March 22, 1972 and was one of the first cosmonauts selected from this design bureau. He became the head of the Chelomey OKB-52 Mashinostroyeniya cosmonaut team until it was disbanded on April 8, 1987. Makrushin then worked on the Almaz military program with the design bureau until his retirement.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Макрушин, Валерий Григорьевич
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hall, Rex; Shayler, David; Vis, Bert (2005). Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center. Chichester, UK: Praxis Publishing. pp. 335. ISBN 0-387-21894-7.
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