death_date death_place birth_place mission nationality article_title birth_date selection image time name type occupation
12 september 1994 moscow , russia moscow , soviet union voskhod 1 soviet boris yegorov
 26 november 1937 civilian specialist group 1 boris borisovich yegorov2.jpg 1d 00h 17m boris borisovich yegorov cosmonaut doctor
boris yegorov

boris borisovich yegorov -lrb- , boris borisovich egorov ; november 26 , 1937 , moscow -- september 12 , 1994 , moscow -rrb- was a soviet physician-cosmonaut who became the first physician to make a space flight .
yegorov came from a medical background , with his father a prominent heart surgeon , and his mother an ophthalmologist .
he also selected medicine as a career and graduated from the `` first moscow medical institute '' in 1961 .
during the course of his studies , he came into contact with yuri gagarin 's training and became interested in space medicine .
yegorov was selected as a member of the multi-disciplinary team that flew on voskhod 1 .
it has been suggested that his father 's influence within the politburo may have had some bearing on the selection .
as a result of this space flight , yegorov was awarded the title of the hero of the soviet union on october 19 , 1964 .
yegorov earned his doctorate in medicine , with his specialisation being in disorders of the sense of balance .
yegorov was married three times and fathered three children .
he died from a heart attack in 1994 .
the asteroid 8450 egorov is named in his honor .
he was awarded : hero of the soviet union pilot-cosmonaut of the ussr order of lenin order of the red banner of labour medal `` for the development of virgin lands '' nine jubilee medals hero of socialist labour -lrb- vietnam -rrb- banner order of the hungarian people 's republic Медаль `` 25 лет Народной власти ''
