Viktor Afanasyev

Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyeva, born in 1952. They have two children. His father, Mikhail Z. Afanasyev, is deceased.

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Who was born first?

• Viktor Afanasyev and Byron K. Lichtenberg were born the same year
• Viktor Afanasyev and Guy Gardner were born the same year
• Viktor Afanasyev and Svetlana Savitskaya were born the same year
• Viktor Afanasyev and Christa McAuliffe were born the same year
• Viktor Afanasyev and Vladimír Remek were born the same year

Timeline

1. Byron K. LichtenbergFebruary 19, 1948 – present
2. Christa McAuliffeSeptember 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986
3. Guy GardnerJanuary 6, 1948 – present
4. Svetlana SavitskayaAugust 8, 1948 – present
5. Viktor Afanasyev (this page)December 31, 1948 – present
6. Vladimír RemekSeptember 26, 1948 – present

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