A Golden Star of "Hero of the German Democratic Republic", Awarded to Valery Bykovsky in 21 September 1978. Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian, 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a USSR pilot-cosmonaut No. 5, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1963, 1976), who made three flights into space(Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31) with a total duration of 20 days 17 hours 47 minutes 21 seconds. He was the only astronaut to fly to the Vostok or Voskhod spacecraft who made 3 space flights. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.