About Vitaly Zholobov
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer, and a former head of Kherson Regional Council in Ukraine. Zholobov joined the space programme from the Soviet Air Force where he held the rank of Colonel-engineer. Zholobov reported to the Mission Control Center that the smell was similar to that of a propellant which was known to be toxic. Although he never flew again, Zholobov stayed in the space programme until 1981 when he resigned to become director of a geological science research group.
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