Vyacheslav Zudov

Who is Vyacheslav Zudov?

Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov was a USSR cosmonaut.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965, flew as Commander on Soyuz 23 on October 14–16, 1976 and retired on May 14, 1987.

Vyacheslav Zudov is married and has two children.

He was awarded:

⁕Hero of the Soviet Union

⁕Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR

⁕Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

⁕Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"

⁕Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

⁕Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"