Yuri Gagarin signed

postcard (inscribed)

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Lev Vorobyov

Above: signed cover and handwritten letter from Lev Vorobyov

In January 1963, a group of 15 reported for duty at Star Town. From that large group of experienced and graduated men, only a few didn't actually made a spaceflight: Buinovski, Gulyayev, Kolodin, Kugno (all military engineers) and Kuklin, Matinchenko, Vorobyo, Voronov (pilots).

Born on..	24 Feb. 1931
Join Cosmonaut Team in:	January 1963
As...	Pilot
Left Cosmonaut Team in	June 1974
Identity revealed at...	Late 1988

Graduated from Military Pilot School, Bataisk, 1952, graduated from Air Force Military Academy, Monino, 1955; Colonel and pilot, Soviet Air Forces, Res.; was selected as cosmonaut on 08.01.1963 (TsPK-2); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/63 - 21.01.1965; he was assigned for Soyuz 13, but he and his crewmate flight engineer Yazdovsky had personal differences (prime crew was then grounded); retired on 28.06.1974 because of political differences; he currently works at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre; retired from active military duty, 1986.

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