Died cosmonaut Alexander Viktorenko
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Soviet and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Viktorenko has died at the age of 76, according to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
The cosmonaut participated in four expeditions to the Mir orbital station – in 1987, 1990, 1992 and 1994-1995. His total flight time was more than 489 days. The cosmonaut made 6 spacewalks and spent 19 hours and 39 minutes outside the station.
Viktorenko was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree.
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