Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov (born Jan. 16, 1948, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew into space five times and holds the record for the most time spent on space walks. Solovyov, a fighter pilot who had served in the Soviet Far East, joined the Soviet cosmonaut squad as a trainee in 1976. He flew into space for the first time in 1988 as commander of the Soyuz TM-5 mission on a 10-day flight...