Education
13 May 1986 became Military Doctor.
13 May 1986 became Military Doctor.
He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967 and was commander of three missions as well as pilot. He retired on June 23, 1984. Military rank: Major General, Soviet Air Force. Time in Space 216 days 9 hours, 8 minutes. Missions: Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-4. Graduated fom Higher Air Force School Monino, 1976; Doctorate of Military Sciences degree; Director of Moscow Zhukovski Military Air Force Engineering Academy; hobbies: Skiing, hunting, photography; he was withdrawn from all military duties, when he became 60 years old; he is now General Airforce Reserve and consultant.
Vladimir Kovalyonok is now General Airforce Reserve and consultant.
Hero of the Soviet Union, twice (2 November 1978 and 26 May 1981)
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (16 May 1996)
Order of Military Merit (2000)
Three Orders of Lenin (15 November 1977, 2 November 1978 and 26 May 1981)
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 3rd class (12 August 1991)
Medal "For merits in space" (12 April 2011) - for great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
Hero of the German Democratic Republic (1978)
Order of Karl Marx (East Germany, 1978)
Hero of the MPR (Mongolia, 1981)
Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia, 1981)
Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (Poland, 1978)
Order "For Service to the Homelan", 2nd class (Belarus, 2002)
