Pyotr Kolodin

Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin (; 23 September 1930 – 4 February 2021 ) was a Soviet cosmonaut. Although he retired in 1983 without flying in space, Kolodin served non-flying assignments on several spaceflights.

Biography

Kolodin was born in Novovasilyevka, Soviet Union (now in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). In 1959, he graduated from Military Academy of Engineering and Radioengineering with gold medal. Kolodin then became an engineer-officer in the Soviet Armed Forces until his selection as a cosmonaut.

Then he was assigned to what was to be the first visitation mission to the Salyut 6 space station, with Vladimir Dzhanibekov as commander (future Soyuz 27). But after the unsuccessful mission of Soyuz 25, it was decided that at least one cosmonaut had to have flight experience (this was also Dzhanibekov's first mission), so he was replaced by Oleg Makarov.

Kolodin later worked as a flight controller until his retirement on 20 April 1983. He was married and has one son.

He died in 2021.