Background
Syromiatnikov, Vladimir Sergeevich was born on January 7, 1933 in Archangelsk, Russia. Son of Sergey Arkadievich and Ekaterina Yakovlevna (Ivanova) Syromiatnikov.
Syromiatnikov, Vladimir Sergeevich was born on January 7, 1933 in Archangelsk, Russia. Son of Sergey Arkadievich and Ekaterina Yakovlevna (Ivanova) Syromiatnikov.
Diploma in engineering, Bauman Polytechnic, Moscow, 1956. Degree in mathematics, Moscow University, 1961. Candidate of Sciences in Engineering, Machine Building Institute, Moscow, 1968.
Doctor of Science, Tsniimash Institute, Kaliningrad, Russia, 1979.
Member engineering staff, NPO Energia, Kaliningrad, Moscow., Russia, since 1956;
department chief, NPO Energia, Kaliningrad, Moscow., Russia, 1974-1984;
chief of branch, NPO Energia, Kaliningrad, Moscow., Russia, since 1984. Professor MLTI, Mytischy, Moscow, since 1982. Vice president, technical director Space Regatta Consortium, Kaliningrad, since 1989.
President Aquilon Firm, Kaliningrad, since 1990. Participant in Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin's Vostok spacecraft development;active in Soyuz, Salyut, Mir and Progress Spacecraft design. Chief designer of Russian docking system.
Member working group chairman of Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 1971-1975. Technical director of first Solar Sail Spacecraft, 1993, Space Shuttle-Mir docking system, since 1993, International Spac e Station Alpha Docking Systems and Robotics, since 1994.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member International Astronautics Academy, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Married Svetlana Ilinichna Chumakova, July 14, 1959. Children: Anton, Ekaterina.