Name: Rozhdestvensky, Valeri Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz 23 October 14, 1976 - Soyuz 23 October 16, 1976 - Soyuz 23

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz (Almaz 1) 13
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew for second mission to the first Almaz (Salyut 2) space station
Cancelled after the loss of control of the first Almaz space station
Soyuz 14
(3rd Backup Crew)
First mission to Salyut 3
Soyuz 15
(2nd Backup Crew)
Second mission to Salyut 3
Failed to dock with the Salyut 3 space station
Soyuz 16A
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew for the third mission to the Salyut 3 space station
Cancelled after the docking failure of Soyuz 15
Soyuz 21
(Backup Crew)
First mission to Salyut 5
1. Soyuz 23 Second mission to Salyut 5
Failed to dock with the Salyut 5 space station
TKS (Almaz 4) 3
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew for the third manned space flight of the TKS large ferry craft
Flight to the fourth Almaz space station was cancelled with the rest of the program in 1981.
TKS spacecraft flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.

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Updated - March 26, 2006