Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born 13 July 1934) is a retired Sovietcosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. He made the world's eighth spacewalk during Soyuz 5 in 1969.
Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis, who died in the Soviet's Gulag as an enemy of the people.[1] Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev"[2][3] so some regard him as also being a Lithuanian cosmonaut.
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Following his retirement from the space programme in 1985, he took up at an administrative position at the Bauman school for several years before retiring fully.
Four Orders of Lenin (22 January 1969, 22 October 1969, 30 April 1971 and 15 January 1976)
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) – for the great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
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