Vladimir Aksyonov belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Vladimir Aksyonov as Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2024).
Vladimir Aksyonov was born at Giblitsy in 1935. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Moscow State Open University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Vladimir Aksyonov is described as engineer, astronaut and aircraft pilot.
His affiliations include S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Lenin, Order of Karl Marx and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.
That the work was done from the Soviet Union matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 2024, at 89. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Affiliated with S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
- Educated at Moscow State Open University
- Worked as engineer, astronaut and aircraft pilot
