Boris Volynov
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Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Russian former cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soviet Union's Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019
Volynov in 2016
Yuri Gagarin (left) and Boris Volynov (right) on picnic in Dolgoprudny
Boris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov (right) on a 1976 U.S.S.R. postage stamp.
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev awards Volynov with the Order of Friendship on 12 April 2011 (Cosmonautics Day)
Soyuz 4
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Soyuz 4 was launched on 14 January 1969, carrying cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov on his first flight. The mission successfully docked with Soyuz 5, marking the first docking of two crewed spacecraft. The
The departing Soyuz 4 seen from Soyuz 5.
Model of Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 after performing the first docking of two crewed spacecraft on 16 January 1969.
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