Oleg Atkov
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
144
Oleg Atkov
b. May 9, 1949
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Medical Doctor
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
236D:22H:49M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Oleg Atkov
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
144
Oleg Atkov
b. May 9, 1949
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Medical Doctor
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
236D:22H:49M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Space Resident
Space Resident
This astronaut has spent over a month in space.
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov is a Russian cardiologist and former Soviet cosmonaut. With a doctorate from the Russian Academy of Medical Science, Atkov was chosen to be the health specialist on board Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-11. After Atkov's rather long time in space, he returned to work at the Myasnikov Institute of Clinical Cardiology to continue his research on the adaptation of weightlessness and cardiology. With his published research and time in space, Atkov holds two of the USSR's highest honors; the Order of Lenin and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Atkov is a professor of medicine at the Russian National Research Medical University and currently serves as the vice president of Russian Railways.