Yury Romanenko

Yury Romanenko

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Nationality Russian

Date Of Birth 1944-08-01

Status Retired

Type Government


Astronaut Biography

Yury Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко, Jurij Viktorovič Romanenko; born August 1, 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yury Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks. In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days that was the longest stay in space at that time. His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and has become the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.

Yury Romanenko's Launches

Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-2

Soviet Space Program
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 38

Soviet Space Program
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 26

Soviet Space Program
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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