[Brașov], [Brasov Region], Romanian People's Republic
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:[duˈmitrudoˈrinpruˈnarju]ⓘ; 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]
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard...
dynamics and for his co-founding of B612. Dr. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju], b. 27 September 1952) is a...
that was assigned as the backup for DumitruPrunariu. In 1978, Dediu was selected as the backup for DumitruPrunariu for the Soyuz 40 mission. He served...
first phase of the Intercosmos program by carrying Romanian cosmonaut DumitruPrunariu and Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov to the station. In all, nine Intercosmos...
Mirosław Hermaszewski – first citizen of Poland to travel into space DumitruPrunariu – first Romanian cosmonaut Ramón Mercader – assassinated Leon Trotsky...
Popescu journalist and SF author Vasile Mihai Popov controls engineer DumitruPrunariu cosmonaut and first Romanian in space Lawrence Rauchwerger computer...
composer Nicolae Covaci (1947– ) – founder of the Phoenix rock band DumitruPrunariu (1952– ) – first Romanian cosmonaut Iancu de Hunedoara (c. 1387 – 1456)...
Baikonur to perform a common Romanian-Soviet flight, with Lieutenant DumitruPrunariu and Colonel Leonid Popov as commander on board. During the early 1980s...
Coandă effect of fluidics Aurel Vlaicu, flight pioneer Traian Vuia DumitruPrunariu, Romania's first and only cosmonaut Titu Andreescu Emanoil Bacaloglu...
McCandless II, first untethered spacewalk. Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa DumitruPrunariu Jean-Loup Chrétien Ulf Merbold Rakesh Sharma Marc Garneau Sultan Salman...
Hermaszewski (Intercosmos), first Pole in space. — Soyuz 30 (1978) DumitruPrunariu (Intercosmos), first Romanian in space. — Soyuz 40 (1981) Pedro Duque...
Proctor — Inspiration4 Sergey Prokopyev — Soyuz MS-09, Soyuz MS-22 DumitruPrunariu — Soyuz 40 Ilan Ramon (1954–2003)† — Died in the Columbia reentry disintegration...
PTSPACE 2019 (PoSAT-1) Romania Romanian Space Agency ASR ROSA 1991 (DumitruPrunariu) (Goliat) Russia Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities...
modules: one dedicated to Conrad Haas, one to Hermann Oberth, and one to DumitruPrunariu. The memorial house museum displays various items related to rocket...
participated in educational activities. In February 2016, Romanian astronaut DumitruPrunariu and the Association of Space Explorers submitted a proposal to the...
other ASE member, including B612 head Ed Lu and strategic advisers DumitruPrunariu and Tom Jones, participated at a public forum moderated by Neil deGrasse...
Farkas Rakesh Sharma Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa Mirosław Hermaszewski DumitruPrunariu Muhammed Faris Phạm Tuân Ahmed Ben Bella Todor Zhivkov Fidel Castro...
Directors including Buzz Aldrin, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Tom Hanks, DumitruPrunariu, and space leaders from around the world. Its goals are to educate...
Soyuz 39 103 Robert Crippen United States 12 April 1981 STS-1 104 DumitruPrunariu Romania 14 May 1981 Soyuz 40 105 Joseph Engle United States 12 November...
Corneliu Ionescu, Vasile Mocanu, Constantin Nicolau, Ion Popescu-Rosetti, DumitruPrunariu, Stelian Tudose, Constantin Ucrain, Gheorghe Zărnescu (1984). (in Romanian)...
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