Anatoli Filipchenko

Anatoliy Vassilyevich Filipchenko
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet
Born	February 26, 1928 (1928-02-26) (age 80) Davydovka, USSR
Other occupation	Pilot
Rank	Major General, Soviet Air Force
Space time	10d 21h 03m
Selection	Air Force Group 2
Missions	Soyuz 7 Soyuz 16
Mission insignia

Anatoliy Vasil'yevich Filipchenko (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Филипченко; born February 26, 1928 in Davydovka, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.

After leaving the space programme in 1982 Filipchenko became the Deputy Director of the OKB in Kharkov.

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