Yuri Malyshev (cosmonaut)

Template:Info-box astronaut Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR on August 27, 1941. Studied in Taganrog's high school N24, 1949-1959. Married with two children. Selected as a cosmonaut on May 7, 1967. Retired on July 20, 1988. Died on November 8, 1999 in Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation.

Was Commander of Soyuz T-2 (June 5-9, 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (April 3-11, 1984).

Yury Malyshev died suddenly on November 8, 1999.

Honorary titles and awards

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (June 16, 1980 and April 11, 1984)
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (June 16, 1980)
• Two Orders of Lenin (June 16, 1980 and April 11, 1984)
• Ashoka Chakra Award (India, 1984)

Publications

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