Dumitru Dorin Prunariu | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Aviator, engineer, and diplomat |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania |
Space career | |
Intercosmos Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 7d 20h 42m |
Selection | 1978 Intercosmos Group |
Missions | Soyuz 40 |
Mission insignia |
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov. The backup crew was made of Romanian candidate cosmonaut Dumitru Dediu and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko.[1]