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Valery Ryumin, cosmonaut who launched to Salyut and Mir space stations, dies at 82 [i]Russian cosmonaut Valery Ryumin, who launched on four space station missions including the final U.S. space shuttle flight to dock with the former Mir outpost, has died. He was 82. Ryumin's death on Monday (June 6) was confirmed by the Russian federal space corporation Roscosmos in a statement. "We have lost a comrade and a friend," said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos. "This is an irreparable loss for all of us. I express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Valery Viktorovich. The memory of him will forever remain in our hearts."[/i]
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