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Aleksandr Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey
Soviet scientist
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Cuban pilot and cosmonaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Dumitru Prunariu.
Dumitru Prunariu
Romanian pilot and cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Jean-Loup Chrétien.
Jean-Loup Chrétien
French astronaut
Phạm Tuân
Vietnamese pilot and cosmonaut
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut
Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Klimuk
Soviet cosmonaut
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
Sharma, Rakesh
Rakesh Sharma
Indian military pilot and cosmonaut
Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha, 1981.
Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha
Mongolian cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
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