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Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko is a former Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions. He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Oblast, RSFSR. After leaving the space programme in 1982 Filipchenko became the Deputy Director of the OKB in Kharkiv.