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Vladimir Dzhanibekov

Vladimir Dzhanibekov
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov is a retired Soviet Air Force Major General and a cosmonaut veteran of five orbital missions. Notably he was part of the Salyut-7 rescue mission and also discovered the Dzhanibekov Effect on that same mission, a logical consequence of the Tennis racket theorem.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezJanuary 29, 1942 – present
  2. Bill NelsonSeptember 29, 1942 – present
  3. Toyohiro AkiyamaJuly 22, 1942 – August 26, 2026
  4. Valeri PolyakovApril 27, 1942 – September 7, 2022
  5. Vladimir Dzhanibekov (this page)May 13, 1942 – present
  6. Vladimir KovalyonokMarch 3, 1942 – present

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