What is Valery Ryumin?
{{Infobox astronaut | name = Valery Ryumin | image = Ryumin, Valery Victorovitch (cropped) (cropped).jpg | caption = Ryumin in 1998 | type = Cosmonaut | nationality = [[Soviet Union|Soviet]], Russian | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|08|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Komsomolsk-on-Amur]], [[Khabarovsk Krai]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|06|06|1939|08|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | occupation = [[Flight engineer]] | selection = [[List of astronauts by year of selection#1973|1973 Civilian Specialist Group 5]] | eva1 = 1 | eva2 = 1 hour 23 minutes | time = 371d 17h 24m | mission = [[Soyuz 25]], [[Soyuz 32]], [[Soyuz 35]]/[[Soyuz 37]], [[Soyuz 34]], [[STS-91]] | insignia = [[File:Sts-91-patch.svg|30px]] }} '''Valery Victorovich Ryumin''' ({{lang-ru|Валерий Викторович Рюмин}}; 16 August 1939 – 6 June 2022) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Astronaut#Cosmonaut|cosmonaut]]. In 1973, he joined the RSC Energia cosmonaut corps. He took part in four space flights. Ryumin spent 362 days in space. In 1977, he spent two days aboard Soyuz-25. In 1979, he spent 175 days aboard Soyuz vehicles and the [[Salyut 6]] space station. In 1980, he spent 185 days aboard Soyuz vehicles and the Salyut 6 space station. From 1981 to 1989, Ryumin was flight director for the [[Salyut 7]] space station and the Mir space station. Ryumin died on 6 June 2022 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] at the age of 82.<ref>[https://www.roscosmos.ru/37629/ Скончался космонавт Валерий Рюмин] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryumin, Valery}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Cosmonauts]] [[Category:Russian aerospace engineers]] {{bio-stub}}