Dmitri Zayikin

Dmitri Alekseyevich Zayikin (born in Yekaterinovka, Rostov Oblast, Russia on April 29, 1932^[1]) was a trainer of cosmonauts.

He graduated from Military Fighter Pilot School, Armavir^[which?] and Frunse (now Bishkek), in 1955, and was selected for the cosmonaut training in 1960, as one of a group of the twenty Air Force pilots who would train as the first cosmonauts.^[1]

Zayikin was assigned as backup commander for Voskhod 2.^[2] He then went on to graduate from the Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, Monino, in 1968.^[3] He left the space service on medical grounds (stomach ulcer) while training for Soyuz missions on October 25, 1969.^[4] He then became an instructor and lead engineer at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center.

He left the space programme in 1982, and retired from active military duty in 1987.

He is married with two children.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Burgess, Colin & Rex Hall. The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact. Berlin: Springer, 2009. 74-76.
2. ^ Hall, Rex & David Shayler. The Rocket men: Vostok & Voskhod, The First Soviet Manned Spaceflights. Berlin: Springer, 2002. 258.
3. ^ Hall, Rex & David Shayler. The Rocket men: Vostok & Voskhod, The First Soviet Manned Spaceflights. Berlin: Springer, 2002. 309.
4. ^ Hall, Rex D., David J. Shayler, & Bert Vis. Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center. Berlin: Springer, 2005. 124.

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Name	Zayikin, Dmitri
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Short description	Soviet cosmonaut
Date of birth	April 29, 1932
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