Yuri Romanenko

Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks. In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days; that was the longest stay in space at that time. His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and has become the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Romanenko.
Yuri Romanenko
Born (1944-08-01) 1 August 1944
Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
StatusRetired
NationalitySoviet/Russian
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Hero of the Republic of Cuba
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
430d 18h 21m
SelectionAir Force Group 5
MissionsSalyut 6 EO-1 (Soyuz 26/Soyuz 27), Salyut 6 EP-8 (Soyuz 38), Mir EO-2 (Soyuz TM-2/Soyuz TM-3)
Retirement1988
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