USSR/Republic of Belarus
Cosmonaut – Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk
Flight – Soyuz-13, 18/12/1973.
Time in space – 78d 18h 17m.
Born on 10 July 1942 in the village of Komarovka, Brest region, Belarusian SSR (now the Republic of Belarus), during the German occupation.
Doctor of Technical Sciences (2000), professor.
Pyotr Klimuk made his first space flight on 18-26 December 1973 as commander of the Soyuz-13 spacecraft together with Valentin Lebedev. The programme of the autonomous flight included astrophysical observations with the Orion-2 telescope system. Pyotr Klimuk was the first Belarusian to travel in space.
He made three space flights with a total duration of 78 days, 18 hours and 18 minutes.
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1973, 1975). Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR (1973).