Dmitri Zaikin
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Dmitri Alekseyevich Zayikin (born in Yekaterinovka
, Rostov Oblast
, Russia
on April 29, 1932) was a trainer of cosmonauts.
He graduated from Military Fighter Pilot School, Armavir
and Frunse (now Bishkek
), in 1955, and was selected for the cosmonaut training in 1960, as one of a group of the twenty Air Force pilots who would train as the first cosmonauts.
Zayikin was assigned as backup commander for Voskhod 2
. He then went on to graduate from the Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, Monino
, in 1968. He left the space service on medical grounds (stomach ulcer) while training for Soyuz
missions on October 25, 1969. He then became an instructor and lead engineer at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center.
He left the space programme in 1982, and retired from active military duty in 1987.
He is married with two children.
Yekaterinovka
Yekaterinovka is a village in the Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan....
, Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast has an area of and a population of making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
on April 29, 1932) was a trainer of cosmonauts.
He graduated from Military Fighter Pilot School, Armavir
Armavir
Armavir is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuban River. Population: 144,000 . Armavir was formerly the second-largest industrial center of Krasnodar Krai, after Krasnodar....
and Frunse (now Bishkek
Bishkek
Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...
), in 1955, and was selected for the cosmonaut training in 1960, as one of a group of the twenty Air Force pilots who would train as the first cosmonauts.
Zayikin was assigned as backup commander for Voskhod 2
Voskhod 2
Voskhod 2 was a Soviet manned space mission in March 1965. Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyaev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock...
. He then went on to graduate from the Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, Monino
Monino
Monino is an urban locality in Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated east of Moscow. Population:...
, in 1968. He left the space service on medical grounds (stomach ulcer) while training for Soyuz
Soyuz programme
The Soyuz programme is a human spaceflight programme that was initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon...
missions on October 25, 1969. He then became an instructor and lead engineer at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center.
He left the space programme in 1982, and retired from active military duty in 1987.
He is married with two children.