Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev (; 27 August 1941 8 November 1999) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984) missions. Awards and honors Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980) Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984) Ashoka Chakra (India, 1984) Publications Co-author of the book USSR-India. At Space Orbit References 1941 births 1999 deaths Soviet Air Force officers Soviet cosmonauts Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) People from Nikolayevsk Ashoka Chakra Salyut program cosmonauts