An early Russian cosmonaut, Khrunov was part of the crew of the first manned docking with another manned spacecraft in orbit. Aboard Soyuz 5, Khrunov and two other cosmonauts docked with Soyuz 4, manned by one cosmonaut. Khrunov and cosmonaut Aleksei Yeliseyev then spacewalked and boarded Soyuz 4, and landed safely. Khrunov died May 19 at age 67; the circumstances were not announced.
Pioneering cosmonautYevgeny Khrunov
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From This is True for 21 May 2000