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Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer and cosmonaut

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Dumitru Prunariu

Romanian cosmonaut (born 1952)

Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov. The backup crew was made of Romanian candidate cosmonaut Dumitru Dediu and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko.
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September 27

Day of the year

September 27 is the 270th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 95 days remain until the end of the year.
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