Zaikina Dmitri

Soviet pilot. Born April 29, 1932. After graduating from the Aviation College he served in parts of the Air Forces of the USSR. In 1960, he was enrolled in the cosmonaut (1960 Group of the Air Force? 1). Trained to fly on ships such as 'East' and 'Sunrise'. He served as backup spacecraft commander 'Voskhod-2' (18-19 March 1965). Trained to fly on ships such as 'Union'. In 1969 he was forced to leave the cosmonaut for medical reasons (duodenal ulcer). After leaving the cosmonaut corps continued to work at the Cosmonaut Training Center, was lead engineer of the Center for training of astronauts to technological experiments in orbit.