Georgy Beregovoy

Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Береговой, Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Тимофі́йович Берегови́й; April 15, 1921 - June 30, 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the oldest human to go into space (by date of birth, not by age during flight), three months and three days older than the second earliest-born astronaut, American John Glenn.

In 1965, Colonel Beregovoy was scheduled to fly the following year in Voskhod 3, but the mission was never launched.

On October 25, 1968, Beregovoy took the Soyuz 3 into outer space: he orbited the earth for slightly more than four days at altitudes reaching 252 km. As part of his mission, Beregovoy twice maneuvered his craft into rendezvous positions with the unmanned Soyuz 2 satellite but was unable to establish a direct physical link to the craft before returning on October 30, 1968.

Nonetheless, Beregovoy's flight was in some ways an encouraging success for the Soviet manned space program, and the colonel was celebrated as a hero upon his return. Soyuz 3 was Beregovoy's last spaceflight and soon after its return he retired from active duty, having been promoted to Major General.
 

Georgy Beregovoy
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UA530CM1
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€50
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5000
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0.925
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15.55g
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33mm
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Ag 925, 15.55 g and the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logotype
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