"Conqueror of Space"

Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov

USSR pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union,

Honorary Citizen of the Kasimovsky District.

Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Honorary Citizen of the Kasimovsky District Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov was born on February 1, 1935 in the village of Giblitsy, Kasimovsky District. His childhood was not easy, it fell on the war years.
He lost his parents very early and was brought up by his grandparents - Vera Feodorovna and Ivan Prokofievich Aksenov. They worked at the Giblitska school as teachers of the Russian language and literature. It was they who instilled in Volodya a love of reading, music and became a worthy life example for him.

Volodya took the first steps towards success in his native school. He was one of best students, as evidenced by the Certificate of Appreciation received for graduating from the Giblitska school in 1949. Volodya knew that good knowledge he needs to fulfill his most cherished dream - to be a pilot. Therefore, the next step in education was the Kasimov Industrial College. He had to walk 30 kilometers from Giblitz to Kasimov and back in any weather.

In 1953, Vladimir Viktorovich graduated from the Mytishchi Engineering College, from 1953 to 1956 he studied at the military aviation school and at the Chuguev military aviation school for pilots, in 1963 he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Polytechnical Institute. After his dismissal from the ranks of the armed forces, he began to work in a design bureau led by Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, a man who was later recognized as the founder of practical astronautics not only in the USSR, but throughout the world. Korolev created a detachment of cosmonauts - testers, which was part of the joint detachment of astronauts. Its main tasks were testing and evaluation of specially designed equipment in space flight. After a long period of selection and training, in 1973 Aksenov was enrolled in this detachment and then performed two test flights into space.

From September 15 to 23, 1976, Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov, together with Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky, made the first flight as a flight engineer on the Soyuz-22 spacecraft. The flight was carried out under the program of cooperation between socialist countries in the field of exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. Multi-zone photographic equipment, developed jointly by specialists from the GDR and the USSR, was installed on board the spacecraft. The flight program also provided for the implementation of scientific, technical, medical and biological research and experiments.

For the successful implementation of the flight and shown
at the same time, courage and heroism Vladimir Viktorovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Gold Star medal.

The second space flight Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov made from 5 to 9 June 1980 together with Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev as a flight engineer on the Soyuz T - 2 spacecraft. The ship was docked with the Salyut-6-Soyuz-36 orbital research complex, on which the crew of the main expedition worked. The main task before the crew was to carry out the first tests in manned mode of a new, improved transport spacecraft of the Soyuz T type, intended to replace spaceships Soyuz type.

For the successful testing in space of the improved Soyuz T-2 transport vehicle and the courage and heroism shown in this, Vladimir Viktorovich was awarded the second Gold Star medal. He became twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

All the inhabitants of the country, and especially fellow countrymen, closely followed the events in space. The villagers wholeheartedly wished the cosmonauts new successes, successful completion of the flight program and a soft landing upon landing.

Residents of the village of Giblitsy discussed news from outer space. They rejoiced for their countryman with all their hearts. At the school where the cosmonaut studied, the teachers admonished the graduates to be as bold and persistent as the conqueror of space Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov.

After space flights, Vladimir Viktorovich actively participated in international scientific, technical and socio-political activities. An opportunity opened up for him to visit many countries, to learn their history, culture, religion, economy, state structure and supplement your knowledge about the state of our planet and its resources.

Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov continued his work at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Korolyov. He participated in crew training before new space flights.

In 1988, Aksenov left the cosmonaut corps and became director of the State Research Center for the Study natural resources.

And since 1990, he worked as the General Director of the Scientific and Production Association "Planet", which successfully worked on the use of existing and the development of new satellite systems.

In 2009, Vladimir Viktorovich published the book "Roads of Trials". It is addressed to a wide range of readers who are interested in the history of astronautics. The author tells about the events, the participant or the witness of which he was. Each chapter is a separate story about difficulties and overcoming them, about mistakes and victories that were encountered both in space flights and on Earth.

Having reached cosmic heights, our famous countryman does not forget his small homeland, often visits her, meets with fellow villagers, schoolchildren, participates in district events. He rests in his homeland with his soul, stocks up with new forces.

The Giblitsky Library has collected a lot of material about the life and work of the noble countryman V. V. Aksenov, in high school a cosmonautics corner was decorated, for which many exhibits and documents were donated personally by Vladimir Viktorovich and his friends in the space detachment.

In honor of Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov, an annual athletics run is held in the Kasimovsky district. Gus-Zhelezny - Giblitsy. Participants come from all over the Ryazan region.

Vladimir Viktorovich made a great contribution to space exploration. He went a worthy way from a rural seven-year-old to work on the creation of spacecraft and proved that an ordinary village boy can reach any, even cosmic, heights.

He was born on February 1, 1935 in the village of Giblitsy, now the Giblitsy rural settlement of the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region. Russian. In 1949, he graduated from the seventh grade of a school in the village of Giblitsy and entered an industrial technical school in the city of Kasimov. In the same year, he moved to the city of Kaliningrad (now Korolev) in the Moscow Region. In 1953 he graduated from the Mytishchi Engineering College.
In 1953-1955 he studied at the 10th Military Aviation School for Initial Pilot Training in the city of Kremenchug (Poltava region of the Ukrainian SSR). In 1955 he became a cadet of the Chuguev Higher Military Aviation Pilot School, but in 1956 he was transferred to the reserve. In 1963 he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Engineering Technology, Machine Tools and Tools.
Since January 30, 1957, he worked as a designer of the 3rd category in the 5th department of OKB-1 (now - OAO RSC Energia named after S.P. Korolev). On August 18, 1957, he was transferred to the 18th department, where he first worked as a designer of the 3rd category, then of the 2nd category (from October 9, 1957), 1st category (from November 1, 1959), design engineer (from 1 February 1962), senior design engineer (since July 1, 1963). From October 16, 1964, he worked as a senior engineer in the 90th department, from August 2, 1966 - the head of the group of the 732nd department, from August 7, 1967 - the head of the group of the 731st department of OKB-1.
From August 2, 1968 - Lead Engineer, from February 23, 1970 - Head of the Flight Test Laboratory of the 731st Department of OKB-1. He supervised the flight test laboratory created on the Tu-104 aircraft, designed to create artificial weightlessness. He was engaged in the evaluation, design and experimental testing of spacecraft compartments. Worked out the actions of astronauts in open space, including the transition from ship to ship, in conditions of artificial weightlessness and lunar gravity. On a simulator aircraft, he made 250 flights, 1250 times he was in artificial weightlessness (about 10 hours) and 150 times in lunar gravity (about 40 minutes).
Passed a medical examination at the Institute of Biomedical Problems only the second time. After that, he passed the annual medical commission, since the conclusion on suitability was given for only one year. On February 24, 1972, he received another conclusion from the Main Medical Commission on his fitness for special training. At a meeting of the State Interdepartmental Commission on March 27, 1973, he was recommended for admission to the cosmonaut corps.
From January 1974 to January 1976 he was trained for flight on the 7K-S transport ship in the crew together with L. D. Kizim. At the same time, he led a group of civilian flight engineers trained under this program. Initially, the 7K-S was developed as a ship for conducting military-technical research and experiments in autonomous flight, then, since 1974, for delivering crews to orbital stations. From January to June 1976, he was trained as a flight engineer for the first crew under the test program for the MKF-6 multi-zone camera (manufactured in the GDR), together with V.F. Bykovsky.

The first flight

Soyuz-22 crew V. Aksenov (left) and V. Bykovsky

From September 15 to September 23, 1976, as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, together with V. F. Bykovsky. The flight was carried out as part of the Interkosmos program.
Call sign: "Hawk-2".

Cosmonauts V. V. Aksenov and V. F. Bykovsky

The flight duration was 7 days 21 hours 52 minutes 17 seconds.

Vladimir Aksenov and Valery Bykovsky after landing the Soyuz-22 descent vehicle

From September 1976 to October 1978 he continued training in the 7K-ST group ("Soyuz T").
From October 1978 to May 1980, he was trained as a flight engineer of the Soyuz T spacecraft under the program of the first test flight, together with Yu. Malyshev.

Second flight

From June 5 to June 9, 1980, as a flight engineer of the Soyuz T-2 TC (6th visiting expedition), together with Yu. V. Malyshev.

The crew of the Soyuz T-2 spacecraft:
ship commander Lieutenant Colonel Yu. V. Malyshev (left) and
Flight Engineer Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union V. V. Aksenov

The ship was docked with the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 orbital research complex, on which the crew of the main expedition (L. I. Popov, V. V. Ryumin) worked.
Call sign: "Jupiter-2".
The flight duration was 3 days 22 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds.

The total duration of two flights into space is 11 days 20 hours 11 minutes 47 seconds.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR of June 16, 1980, for the successful testing in space of the improved Soyuz T-2 transport ship and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov was awarded the Order of Lenin and the second Gold Star medal (No. 110 / II ).

Star City. Our families at the monument to Yuri Gagarin.
The Malyshev family - Nadezhda Malysheva, son Andrei and daughter Natasha (left).
The Aksenov family - Marina Aksenova, sons Valery and Sergey (right).

After the flight, he continued to work at the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, participated in the training of crews for new space flights. From October 16, 1984, he worked as an instructor-test cosmonaut of the 2nd class, deputy head of complex No. 3. He was engaged in the development of control systems, docking and descent of spacecraft and orbital stations. He was expelled from the cosmonaut corps on October 17, 1988 due to retirement and transfer to another job.

Yuri Malyshev, Vladimir Aksenov and Alexei Leonov at a festive meeting in the Kremlin

In October 1988, he became director of the State Research Center for the Study of Natural Resources, which was engaged in the design of automatic spacecraft for remote sensing of the Earth. In 1990-1992 he was the general director of the NPO Planeta. In 1990-1996 he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mosbusinessbank.
In 1983-1992 he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Soviet Peace Fund, since 1992 - Deputy Chairman of the International Association of Peace Foundations, Chairman of the Standing Committee on the problems of "Peace and Sustainable Development". Since 1996 he has been chairman of the presidium public organization « spiritual movement Russia". Since 2001, he has been the president of the Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Research Foundation.

Family status:

Father- Zhivoglyadov Viktor Stepanovich, died in 1944.
Mother- Aksenova Alexandra Ivanovna, (1907 - 1949), accountant of agricultural cooperation.
Brother- Aksenov Valentin Andreevich, born in 1940, head of the TsNIIMash group.
Wife- Aksenova (Fedorova) Marina Vasilievna. Born in 1937, head of the NPO Energia sector, retired.
Son- Aksenov Valery Vladimirovich, born in 1964, employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Son— Aksenov Sergey Vladimirovich, born in 1970, doctor.

Social and political activities:

In 1983 - 1992 he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Soviet Peace Fund, since 1992 - Deputy Chairman of the International Association of Peace Foundations (IAPM), Chairman of the Standing Committee on the problems of "Peace and Sustainable Development" IAPM.
Since 1996, he has been the chairman of the presidium of the public organization Spiritual Movement of Russia.
Since 2001, he has been the President of the Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Research Foundation.
Works as an adviser to the head of the city of Korolev.

Honorary titles and awards:

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (09/28/1976 and 06/16/1980),
Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR (1976),
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Honorary citizen of Ryazan (November 29, 1976).
Candidate of Technical Sciences (1981).
He was awarded two medals "Gold Star" and Orders of Lenin (1976, 1980), medal "Veteran of Labour".
He was also awarded the gold medal "For Services to Science and Humanity" (Czechoslovakia), the Order of Karl Marx (GDR, 10/13/1976).
He was awarded the medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 436 of April 12, 2011).

Publications:

Author of the brochure Illusion of Security, published by the publishing house of the newspaper Patriot (1999), devoted to the problems of application nuclear weapons in modern military doctrines.
Has more than 10 inventions.

Used sources:

1. Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov [Electronic resource]. - 2014 - Access mode: http://ru.wikipedia.org
2. Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov [Electronic resource]. - 2014 - Access mode: http://astronaut.ru
3. Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov [Electronic resource]. - 2014 - Access mode:

Pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov was born on February 1, 1935 in the village of Gibnitsy, Kasimovsky district, Ryazan region.

Childhood and youth

His parents were ordinary people from the most ordinary peasant family. Father - Viktor Stepanovich Zhivoglyadov worked as a tractor driver on a state farm, died at the front in 1944. Mother - Aksenova Alexandra Ivanovna worked as an accountant for agricultural cooperatives and died of a serious illness in 1949. The boy had just completed the seven-year school and, left an orphan, together with his younger brother, moved to his mother's family in the Mytishchi region. Viktor Aksenov studied very well at school, he especially liked to tinker with equipment, so he easily entered the Mytishchi Machine-Building College.

Dream come true

Everything related to aviation has always attracted a young man, and after graduating from a technical school in 1953, he enters the Kremenchug military aviation school, and finishes military training at the Chuguev aviation school in 1956. Receives an offer of a prestigious and responsible job in a "mailbox" that has just begun its work - OKB visual memory. Participated in the development and testing of important direction as airborne and ground antenna devices. In parallel with his work, Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov studies in absentia at the All-Union Polytechnic Institute and in 1963 becomes a certified specialist.

For almost 20 years, Aksenov has been working at the Design Bureau, taking part in the development of the first Soviet spacecraft - Voskhod, Vostok, Soyuz. In the cosmonaut corps The need to study the technical parameters of space flights, especially when conducting sessions in open space, required the involvement of not just test pilots, but scientific and engineering personnel as cosmonauts. All candidates were also carefully selected.

Aksyonov entered the cosmonaut corps in March 1973, this was already the third set. Within 2 years, from 1974 to 1976, he completed all the necessary training courses for the program of the new Soyuz-T spacecraft. On September 15, 1976, the Soyuz-22 launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The crew consisted of the commander of the ship V.F. Bykovsky and flight engineer V.V. Aksenova. The flight lasted 8 days, from 15 to 23 September. The space experiment "Rainbow", which was carried out on the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, was dedicated to cooperation between the USSR and the GDR within the framework of the Intercosmos program.

It was necessary to carry out multizonal photography of the Earth's surface to study natural resources. The ship circled our planet 127 times during the flight. The task assigned to the astronauts was excellently accomplished, all systems worked normally. The MKF-6 equipment, which was used for multi-zone space photography of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, proved to be excellent. The development of this method was later successfully used in the national economy. The crew of the Soyuz-22 spacecraft was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded with Orders Lenin and the Golden Star.

Second space flight

Vladimir Aksenov prepared for the next flight into space for two years - from 1976 to 1978. The flight was carried out from June 5 to 9, 1980. The crew of the Soyuz T - 2 spacecraft consisted of the commander of the spacecraft, Yuri Malyshev, and the board engineer, Vladimir Aksenov. For Malyshev it was the first flight. Aksenov's call sign on this flight was Jupiter-2. The space flight program involved testing a new modification of the Soyuz T transport spacecraft.

The main task of the new ship was to work out the process of docking in outer space. AT this case docking was to take place between the research complex "Salyut-6" and the transport spacecraft of the new type "Soyuz T". Automatic docking failed, the spacecraft had to be docked to the station manually, but the main task of the flight was completed. The peculiarity of this flight was that for the first time in the world the spacecraft was controlled by an onboard computer.

The Americans only a year later were able to launch the Shuttle into space with an on-board computer. Also, for the first time, docking between spacecraft was carried out in manual mode, and after that, the accumulated material on the parameters appeared to allow other crews to carry out manual docking. An emergency situation occurred during the landing of the descent vehicle to Earth. Instead of the “soft landing” required by the program, the device made five powerful jumps across the steppe. As Aksenov later recalled, there was no such landing either before or after their flight.

For their courage and heroism, the cosmonauts after returning to Earth were awarded the Orders of Lenin and the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Vladimir Aksenov received these awards and the title for the second time. In 1988, Aksenov left the cosmonaut corps and moved to leadership work in scientific organizations. Since 1996, Vladimir Aksenov has been the head of the public organization Spiritual Movement of Russia. In 2011, a bust of V. V. Aksyonov was erected in Ryazan.

Aksyonov Vladimir Viktorovich - USSR pilot-cosmonaut, 36th cosmonaut of the USSR and 79th cosmonaut of the world, flight engineer of the Soyuz-22 spacecraft and the Soyuz T-2 transport spacecraft.

He was born on February 1, 1935 in the village of Giblitsy, now the Giblitsy rural settlement of the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region. Russian. In 1949, he graduated from the seventh grade of a school in the village of Giblitsy and entered an industrial technical school in the city of Kasimov. In the same year he moved to the city of Kaliningrad (now Korolev) in the Moscow Region. In 1953 he graduated from the Mytishchi Engineering College.

In 1953-1955 he studied at the 10th Military Aviation School for Initial Pilot Training in the city of Kremenchug (Poltava region of the Ukrainian SSR). In 1955 he became a cadet of the Chuguev Higher Military Aviation Pilot School, but in 1956 he was transferred to the reserve. In 1963 he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Engineering Technology, Machine Tools and Tools.

From January 30, 1957, he worked as a designer of the 3rd category in the 5th department of OKB-1 (now ‒ OJSC RSC Energia named after S.P. Korolev). On August 18, 1957, he was transferred to the 18th department, where he first worked as a designer of the 3rd category, then of the 2nd category (from October 9, 1957), 1st category (from November 1, 1959), design engineer (from 1 February 1962), senior design engineer (since July 1, 1963). From October 16, 1964 he worked as a senior engineer in the 90th department, from August 2, 1966 - the head of the group of the 732nd department, from August 7, 1967 - the head of the group of the 731st department of OKB-1.

From August 2, 1968 - Lead Engineer, from February 23, 1970 - Head of the Flight Test Laboratory of the 731st Department of OKB-1. He supervised the flight test laboratory created on the Tu-104 aircraft, designed to create artificial weightlessness. He was engaged in the evaluation, design and experimental testing of spacecraft compartments. He practiced the actions of astronauts in outer space, including the transition from ship to ship, in conditions of artificial weightlessness and lunar gravity. On a simulator aircraft, he made 250 flights, 1250 times he was in artificial weightlessness (about 10 hours) and 150 times in lunar gravity (about 40 minutes).

Passed a medical examination at the Institute of Biomedical Problems only the second time. After that, he passed the annual medical commission, since the conclusion on suitability was given for only one year. On February 24, 1972, he received another conclusion from the Main Medical Commission on his fitness for special training. At a meeting of the State Interdepartmental Commission on March 27, 1973, he was recommended for admission to the cosmonaut corps.

From January 1974 to January 1976 he was trained for flight on the 7K-S transport ship in the crew together with L.D. Kizim. At the same time, he led a group of civilian flight engineers trained under this program. Initially, the 7K-S was developed as a ship for conducting military-technical research and experiments in autonomous flight, then, since 1974, for delivering crews to orbital stations. From January to June 1976, he was trained as a flight engineer for the first crew under the test program for the multi-zone camera MKF-6 (manufactured in the GDR), together with V.F. Bykovsky.

He made his first flight into space from September 15 to 23, 1976 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, together with V.F. Bykovsky. The flight was carried out as part of the Intercosmos program. The flight duration was 7 days 21 hours 52 minutes 17 seconds.

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 28, 1976 for the successful implementation of the orbital flight on the Soyuz-22 spacecraft and the courage and heroism shown in this Aksyonov Vladimir Viktorovich He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

From September 1976 to October 1978 he continued training in the 7K-ST group. From October 1978 to May 1980 he was trained as a flight engineer of the Soyuz T spacecraft under the program of the first test flight, together with Yu.V. Malyshev.

He made his second flight into space from June 5 to 9, 1980 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz T-2 transport spacecraft (6th visiting expedition), together with Yu.V. Malyshev. The ship was docked with the Salyut-6 - Soyuz-36 orbital research complex, on which the crew of the main expedition (L.I. Popov, V.V. Ryumin) worked. The flight duration was 3 days 22 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds.

The total duration of two flights into space is 11 days 20 hours 11 minutes 47 seconds.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR of June 16, 1980, he was awarded the Order of Lenin and the second Gold Star medal for the successful testing in space of the improved Soyuz T-2 transport vehicle and the courage and heroism shown.

After the flight, he continued to work at the Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, participated in the training of crews for new space flights. Since October 16, 1984, he worked as an instructor-test cosmonaut of the 2nd class, deputy head of complex No. 3. He was engaged in the development of control systems, docking and descent of spacecraft and orbital stations. He was expelled from the cosmonaut corps on October 17, 1988 due to retirement and transfer to another job.

In October 1988, he became director of the State Research Center for the Study of Natural Resources, which was engaged in the design of automatic spacecraft for remote sensing of the Earth. In 1990-1992 he was the general director of NPO Planeta. In 1990-1996 he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mosbusinessbank.

Leads an active social activities. In 1983-1992 he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Soviet Peace Fund, since 1992 - Deputy Chairman of the International Association of Peace Funds, Chairman of the Standing Committee on the problems of "Peace and Sustainable Development". Since 1996, he has been the chairman of the presidium of the public organization "Spiritual Movement of Russia". Since 2001, he has been President of the Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Research Foundation.

Lives in the city of Moscow.

Lieutenant colonel-engineer, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR (09/28/1976), instructor-test cosmonaut of the 2nd class (07/17/1980), Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He was awarded 2 Orders of Lenin (09/28/1976, 06/16/1980), medals, including "For Merit in Space Exploration" (04/12/2011), as well as the Order of Karl Marx (10/13/1976, GDR). He was awarded the gold medal "For Merit to Science and Humanity" (Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia).

Honorary citizen of Ryazan (11/29/1976).