- Yevgeny Khrunov
Infobox Astronaut
name =Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov
type =Cosmonaut
nationality =Soviet
date_birth =September 10 ,1933
place_birth =Tula Oblast ,Russia
date_death =May 19 ,2000
place_death =Moscow ,Russia
occupation =Engineer
rank =Colonel ,Soviet Air Force
selection =Air Force Group 1
time =1d 23h 45m
mission =Soyuz 5 ,Soyuz 4
insignia =|Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov ( _ru. Евгений Васильевич Хрунов;
September 10 ,1933 –May 19 ,2000 ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on theSoyuz 5 /Soyuz 4 mission.He was born in
Prudy .Yevgeni Khrunov was a
colonel ,Hero of the Soviet Union (January 22 ,1969 ) and Kandidat of Technical Sciences (1971).He was awarded the
Order of Lenin ,Order of the Red Banner , and various other medals.After leaving the space program in 1980 he was appointed to the Chief State Committee for foreign economic relations until his retirement in 1989.
He died of a heart attack in 2000.
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