Georgi Petrovich Katys

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Georgi Petrovich Katys ( Russian Георгий Петрович Катыс , born August 31, 1926 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ; † August 7, 2017 ) was a Soviet aspirant cosmonaut . He was a candidate for Vozhod 1 and Vozhod 3 , but did not make a space flight.

Life

Katys studied at the Moscow Institute of Automotive Engineering, which he graduated as an engineer in 1949. He was then an aspirant at the Moscow State Technical University , where he acquired the title of candidate in technical sciences in 1953 . He then worked in an institute for research into rocket fuels of the Ministry of the Chemical Industry. From 1957 he moved to the Institute for Control Technology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR . There he developed u. a. optoelectronic systems for measuring the earth's surface and for the orientation of spacecraft. He worked closely with Sergei Korolev . In 1962 he qualified as a doctor of technical sciences.

In May 1964 he was selected as one of the candidates for the position of science cosmonaut in Woschod 1 . It was considered set for a long time, but was eventually replaced by Konstantin Feoktistow . He then prepared for the Vozhod 3 flight . Here he was to form the crew with Boris Wolynov . The flight was postponed, partly for technical, partly for political reasons. Finally it was decided that in addition to Commander Volynov, the second cosmonaut should also be a military pilot. Then Katys was taken out of the crew. The flight was never canceled, but ultimately never took place.

From 1966 Katys dealt with the selection of a group of cosmonauts from the Academy of Sciences. From May 1967 he briefly took over the management of the group. In 1972 (other sources: June 1974) he finally left the cosmonaut group and returned to work at institutes of the Academy of Sciences. He was involved in the development of the Soviet lunar vehicle Lunochod . In 1984 he was appointed professor of optoelectronics at the Moscow Institute for Radio Technology, Electronics and Automation. In 1993 he was appointed a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of the Russian Federation. Katys was the author of numerous scientific publications.

According to some sources, Katys did not get a space flight because his father was executed as an enemy of the state and he had siblings who lived in France. This is countered by the fact that Katys 'father was rehabilitated in 1957 and Katys' half-siblings had left Russia in 1910. Katys remained a candidate for Vozhod 1 and 3, the selection of the crew was made shortly before the start.

Others

Katys was married for the second time, he had 4 children in total.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kamanin Diaries, entry from December 22, 1965 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed on February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Asif Siddiqi: Challenge To Apollo: The Soviet Union and The Space Race, 1945–1974, pp. 416/417.
  3. ↑ Nikolai Kamanin, Diaries, entries from September 2 and 24, 1964 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English), accessed on February 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Katys biography at www.astronaut.ru (Russian), accessed on February 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Katys, Georgi Petrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katys, Georgi; Катыс, Георгий Петрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet aspirant cosmonaut
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian SFSR
DATE OF DEATH 7th August 2017