Space · astronaut
Yury Romanenko
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)
RUSSIAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
430 d 18 h
Spacewalks
4
10 h 16 m outside
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
RussianBorn
01 Aug 1944First flight
10 Dec 1977Most recent flight
05 Feb 1987Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Yury Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко, Jurij Viktorovič Romanenko; born August 1, 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yury Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks. In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days that was the longest stay in space at that time. His son, Roman Romanenko is also a cosmonaut, and has become the third second-generation space traveler on Soyuz TMA-15 in May 2009.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-2 | 05 Feb 1987 |
| 02 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz 38 | 18 Sept 1980 |
| 01 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz 26 | 10 Dec 1977 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026