Boris Yegorov

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Boris Borisovich Yegorov

Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet
Born	November 26, 1937 Moscow, Russia
Died	September 12, 1994 Moscow, Russia
Occupation1	Doctor
Space time	1d 00h 17m
Selection	Civilian Specialist Group 1
Mission(s)	Voskhod 1
Mission insignia
1 previous or current

1964 USSR postage stamp honouring Boris Yegorov

Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Борис Борисович Егоров; November 26, 1937, Moscow – September 12, 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut.

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 had come into contact with Yuri Gagarin's training and had become 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.

He eventually earned a doctorate in medicine, with his specialisation being the sense of balance.

He was married three times and died from a heart attack.