Viktor Savinykh


Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on March 7, 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. Retired on February 9, 1989.
Flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13 and Soyuz TM-5.
Has spent 252 days 17 hours 38 minutes in space.

Honours and awards

In 2007, a monument at the Tsiolkovsky, Air and Space Museum, Kirov.
Honorary citizen of Kaluga, Perm, Kirov, Dzhezkazgan, Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan
Honorary Citizen of the Kirov region.
In 2005, minor planet 6890, was named after Savinykh.