Yuri Malyshev (cosmonaut)

Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev (Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев; 27 August 1941 8 November 1999) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984) missions.

Awards and honors

 * Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)
 * Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980)
 * Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)
 * Ashoka Chakra (India, 1984)

Publications

 * Co-author of the book USSR-India. At Space Orbit