Education
He graduated from institute of Engineering with diploma and graduated from Air Force Institute and graduated from polytechnical Institute.
He graduated from institute of Engineering with diploma and graduated from Air Force Institute and graduated from polytechnical Institute.
He was a candidate technical science. Aksyonov was selected as cosmonaut on 3 March 1973. He was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on two occasions.
He retired on 17 October 1988.
Flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 22 and Soyuz T-2. He is currently director of the institute for research of mineral resources.
"Gold Star" Hero of the Soviet Union, twice (1976, 1980) Two Orders of Lenin (1976, 1980) Medal "Foreign Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) - for the great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities Medal "Veteran of Labour" Gold medal "Foreign services to science and humanity" (Czechoslovakia) Order of Karl Marx (East Germany, 13 October 1976) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Honoured Master of Sports Honorary Citizen of Ryazan.