Дмитрий Алексеевич Заикин (1932 - 2013)

Born 29 Apr 1932 in Yekaterinovka, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union

Dmitri Заикин is Notable.

Biography

Dmitri Alekseyevich Zayikin born April 29, 1932 died October 20, 2013 was a Russian cosmonaut trainer. He was born in Yekaterinovka, Rostov Oblast, Russia. He graduated from Military Fighter Pilot School, Armavir (Krasnodar Krai) and Frunze (now Bishkek), in 1955. He was selected for the cosmonaut training in 1960, as one of a group of the twenty Air Force pilots who would train as the first cosmonauts.

Zayikin was assigned as backup commander for Voskhod 2. He then went on to graduate from the Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, Monino, in 1968. He left the space service on medical grounds (stomach ulcer) while training for Soyuz missions on October 25, 1969. He then became an instructor and lead engineer at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center. He left the space programme in 1982, and retired from active military duty in 1987.^[1]

He was married to Tatyana V. Sukhoryabova with two children, Andrei D. born 5 Sep 1962 and Dennis D. born 13 Mar 1971.^[2]

Zaikin died of natural causes on October 20, 2013.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia
2. ↑ Spacefacts

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