Vitali Sevastyanov Dies

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According to spacefacts and also wikipedia, Vitali Sevastyanov died on April 5 at the age of 74. He was a veteran of 2 Soyuz flights in the 1970s.

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Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov was the 22nd soviet cosmonaut and the 47th human to orbit the Earth.

It's first space flight was on Soyuz-9 launched on June 1st, 1970. Mission duration was 17 days 16 hours 59 minutes, returning on June 19th, 1970.

It's second mission was on Soyuz-18 launched on May 24th, 1975. Mission duration was 62 days 23 hours 20 minutes 8 seconds, returning on July 26, 1975.

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It's first space flight was on Soyuz-9 launched on June 1st, 1970. Mission duration was 17 days 16 hours 59 minutes, returning on June 19th, 1970

17:16:58:55 - the longest autonomous flight of manned spacecraft.