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Preobrazhensky, Vladimir Yevgeniyevich

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Preobrazhensky Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Deceased; Active 1965-1980. Born: 1939-02-03. Died: 1993-11-25. Birth Place: Leningrad.

Family: Air Force Group 3 - 1965, Cosmonaut. Country: Russia. Flights: Soyuz 24, Soyuz 25A, TKS-2, TKS-3, Salyut 7/TKS-3. Agency: VVS. Bibliography: 4452.

• Birth of Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Preobrazhensky. Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1980. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute Soviet Air Force, liaising with aircraft industrial enterprises. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center..

• Cosmonaut selection - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Degtyarev, Fyodorov, Glazkov, Grishchenko, Khludeyev, Kizim, Klimuk, Kolesnikov, Kramarenko, Lisun, Petrushenko, Preobrazhensky, Rozhdestvensky, Sarafanov, Sharafutdinov, Shcheglov, Skvortsov, Stepanov, Eduard, Voloshin, Yakovlev, Zudov.

  Although Kamanin desired 40 new cosmonaut-trainees, in the end only 17 were selected. They were:

  • Pilots: Voloshin, Sharafutdinov, Shcheglov, Kramarenko, Yakovlev, Petrushenko,Skvortsov, Fyodorov,Klimuk, Sarafanov, Zudov, Kizim
  • Engineers: Kolesnikov,Stepanov Eduard, Lisun, Rozhdestvensky, Khludeyev, Glazkov, Preobrazhensky
  • Navigator: Grishchenko
  • Physician: Degtyarov

• Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 3 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Belousov, Degtyarev, Fyodorov, Glazkov, Grishchenko, Khludeyev, Kizim, Klimuk, Kolesnikov, Kramarenko, Lisun, Petrushenko, Preobrazhensky, Rozhdestvensky, Sarafanov, Sharafutdinov, Shcheglov, Skvortsov, Stepanov, Eduard, Voloshin, Yakovlev, Zudov.

• Soyuz 24 - . Call Sign: Terek (Terek - river in the Caucasus). Crew: Glazkov, Gorbatko. Backup Crew: Berezovoi, Lisun. Support Crew: Kozelsky, Preobrazhensky. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T(A9) s/n 66. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Berezovoi, Glazkov, Gorbatko, Kozelsky, Lisun, Preobrazhensky. Agency: MOM. Program: Almaz. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 24. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T/A9. Duration: 17.73 days. Decay Date: 1977-02-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 9804 . COSPAR: 1977-008A. Apogee: 264 km (164 mi). Perigee: 226 km (140 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 89.30 min.

  Soyuz 24 docked with Salyut 5 and brought repair equipment and equipment for a change of cabin atmosphere. This special apparatus was designed to allow the entire station to be vented through the EVA airlock. Because of this the planned EVA was cancelled. However analysis after arrival showed no toxins in the air. The crew changed the cabin air anyway, then returned to earth. The mission, although a short 18 days, was characterised as a busy and successful mission, accomplishing nearly as much as the earlier Soyuz 21's 50 day mission.

• Soyuz 25A (cancelled) - . Crew: Berezovoi, Lisun. Backup Crew: Kozelsky, Preobrazhensky. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Berezovoi, Chelomei, Glushko, Kozelsky, Lisun, Preobrazhensky. Program: Almaz. Flight: Soyuz 25A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T.

  A Soyuz 25 mission to the Salyut 5 space station with the crew of Berzovoi and Lisun was to have followed Soyuz 24. However during the four months it took to prepare the Soyuz, Salyut 5 consumed higher than expected fuel in maintaining the station's orientation. The flight was cancelled and the spacecraft allocated for Soyuz 25 flew as Soyuz 30 to Glushko's civilian Salyut station.

• TKS-2 (cancelled) - . Crew: Artyukhin, Kozelsky, Romanov. Backup Crew: Preobrazhensky, Sarafanov, Yuyukov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Artyukhin, Kozelsky, Preobrazhensky, Romanov, Sarafanov, Yuyukov. Program: Almaz. Flight: TKS-2. Spacecraft Bus: TKS. Spacecraft: TKS. Second TKS flight that would have docked with the cancelled Almaz OPS 4 military space station. The spacecraft was instead flown unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1443..

• TKS-3 (cancelled) - . Crew: Preobrazhensky, Sarafanov, Yuyukov. Backup Crew: Grechanik, Rozhdestvensky, Vasyutin. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Grechanik, Preobrazhensky, Rozhdestvensky, Sarafanov, Vasyutin, Yuyukov. Program: Almaz. Flight: TKS-3. Spacecraft Bus: TKS. Spacecraft: TKS. Third TKS flight that would have docked with the cancelled Almaz OPS 4 military space station. The spacecraft was instead flown unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686..

• Salyut 7/TKS-3 (cancelled) - . Crew: Preobrazhensky, Romanov, Sarafanov. Backup Crew: Artyukhin, Berezovoi, Yuyukov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Artyukhin, Berezovoi, Chelomei, Preobrazhensky, Romanov, Sarafanov, Ustinov, Yuyukov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Salyut 7/TKS-3.

  Planned second manned flight of TKS ferry to the Salyut 7 space station. The crews were assigned in September/October 1979. But in December 1981 Ustinov killed Chelomei's plans for manned TKS flights. The TKS training group was dissolved and TKS-3 flew unmanned to Salyut 7 as Cosmos 1686.

• Cosmonaut Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky dies at age of 54 -- Killed in auto crash. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Preobrazhensky. Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1980. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute Soviet Air Force, liaising with aircraft industrial enterprises. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center..