Anatoly Filipchenko

Anatoly Filipchenko
  • Анатолій Філіпченко (Ukrainian)
  • Анатолий Филипченко (Russian)
Born(1928-02-26)26 February 1928
Died7 August 2022(2022-08-07) (aged 94)
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankMajor General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
10d 21h 03m
SelectionAir Force Group 2
Missions
Mission insignia

Major General Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (26 February 1928 – 7 August 2022) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.

He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR. After leaving the space programme in 1982, Filipchenko became the deputy director of the OKB in Kharkiv. He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 94. He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 11 August 2022.