Major General Valeri Bykovsky Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL VALERI BYKOVSKY
Born: August 2, 1934 in Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky was born 2 August 1934, Pavlovsky Posad. He is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.Bykovsky set a space endurance record when he spent five days in orbit aboard Vostok 5 in 1963. Although this flight duration has long since been surpassed by crews of more than one person, to this day it remains the endurance record for a solo spaceflight. Bykovsky was to have commanded the original Soyuz 2 mission, which was cancelled due to problems with Soyuz 1. After the parachutes failed on that mission, killing Vladimir Komarov, the same problem was found with the Soyuz 2 capsule, which meant if the mission had flown, Bykovsky and his crew would also have been killed. Many of his later years in the space programme were involved with promoting the Intercosmos programme amongst the world's Socialist nations. He retired in 1988 and then spent three years as the Director of the House of Soviet Science and Culture in Berlin.
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MAJOR GENERAL VALERI BYKOVSKY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 131715VALERY BYKOVSKY. Photograph signed: "V. Bykovsky" in Russian. B/w, 4x6 overall, image 4x5 (one surface). An original Russian cosmonaut, Valery Bykovsky flew aboard Vostok 5(1963). The mission holds the record for the longest ever flown (five days) by a single astronaut. In 1976, Bykovsky commanded Soyuz 22. Fine condition.
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MAJOR GENERAL VALERI BYKOVSKY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 167647VALERY BYKOFSKY. Photograph signed: "Bykovsky" in Russian. Color, 5¾ x8¼ overall, image 5½x7-1/8, one surface. Caption and biography (on verso) in Russian. VALERY BYKOVSKY piloted Vostok 5, the fifth manned Soviet space flight , June 14-19, 1963.
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MAJOR GENERAL VALERI BYKOVSKY - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: COLONEL ALEXANDER VIKTORENKO - HFSID 258952COSMONAUTS: VALERY BYKOVSKY and ALEXANDR VIKTORENKO. Commemorative Envelope signed: "V. Bykovsky" and "A. Viktorenko" in Russian, 6½x4½. Pair of East German stamps
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MAJOR GENERAL SIGMUND JAHN - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: MAJOR GENERAL VALERI BYKOVSKY - HFSID 166627SOYUZ 31: BYKOVSKY and JAHN Original Soviet cosmonaut and first German in space. Philatelic Envelope signed: "V. Bykovsky" in Russian and "S. Jähn", 6¼x4½.
Sale Price $360.00
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