Yury Romanenko, Date of Birth

Yury Romanenko

Soviet cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1944

Profession: astronaut, aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Yury Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: ?´??? ??´???????? ??????´???, Jurij Viktorovic 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.