Valentin Lebedev

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Valentin Vitaljevich Lebedev
Lebedev (right) on Soviet postage stamp
Born	(1942-04-14) April 14, 1942 (age 82) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Status	Retired
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Engineer
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space	219 days 5 hours 59 minutes
Selection	1965 Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs	1
Total EVA time	2 hours 33 minutes
Missions	Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-5
Mission insignia	Salyut

Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942, in Moscow) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days,^[1] was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

Since 1989 Lebedev has dedicated himself to scientific work. In 1991 he started the Scientific Geoinformation Center of the Russian Academy of Science. He continues as that Center's Director through the present day.

Valentin Lebedev is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, and Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.