Aleksei Gubarev
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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev (Template:Langx; 29 March 1931 – 21 February 2015) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28.
Biography
Gubarev graduated from the Soviet Naval Aviation School in 1952 and went on to serve with the Soviet Air Force. He undertook further studies at the Gagarin Air Force Academy before being accepted into the space programme.
Gubarev was originally trained for the Soviet lunar programme and for military Soyuz flights before training for Salyut missions. His next mission, in 1978, was Soyuz 28, the first Interkosmos flight, where he was accompanied by Vladimír Remek from Czechoslovakia.<ref>Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts: Gubarev. Spacefacts.de</ref>
In 1971, Gubarev became backup commander for the ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission, which killed the three-man crew when the craft depressurized in space.
Gubarev resigned as a cosmonaut in 1981 and took up an administrative position at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre.
In 1980s, he worked at the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).
Gubarev's awards includes the Gagarin Gold Medal, which was bestowed upon him twice. He was an honorary citizen of Kaluga, Arkalyk, Tselinograd, and Prague.
Gubarev published a book, The Attraction of Weightlessness, in 1982.
Gubarev died at the age of 83 on 21 February 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Honours and awards
- Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Two Orders of Lenin
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)
- Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Foreign awards:
- Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Order of Klement Gottwald (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
- Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
- Medal of Sino-Soviet Friendship (People's Republic of China)
- Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (German Democratic Republic)
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- 1931 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Samara Oblast
- Soviet major generals
- Soviet Air Force generals
- Soviet Navy personnel
- Soviet cosmonauts
- Russian aviators
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Heroes of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Burials at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
- Salyut programme cosmonauts