Editing Valentin Lebedev (section)

{{Short description|Soviet cosmonaut (born 1942)}}
{{Expand Russian|topic=bio|Лебедев, Валентин Витальевич|date=November 2010}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}

{{Infobox astronaut
| image         = 1983 CPA 5386.jpg
| name          = Valentin Vitaljevich Lebedev
|status       =Retired
| caption       = Lebedev (right) on Soviet postage stamp
| type          = Cosmonaut
| nationality   = [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1942|04|14}}
| birth_place   = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| occupation    = [[Engineer]]
| selection     = [[List of astronauts by selection#1965|1965 Cosmonaut Group]]
| evas          = 1
| eva_time      = 2 hours 33 minutes
| space_time    = 219 days 5 hours 59 minutes
| missions      = [[Soyuz 13]], [[Soyuz T-7]], [[Soyuz T-5]]
| insignia      = [[Salyut]]
| awards        = [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
}}

'''Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev''' ({{langx|ru|Валентин Витальевич Лебедев}}; born April 14, 1942, in [[Moscow]]) is a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] who made two [[crewed space mission|flights into space]]. His stay aboard the [[Space Station]] [[Salyut 7]] with  [[Anatoly Berezovoy]] in 1982, which lasted 211 days,<ref>a record until 1995, when [[Valeri Polyakov]] completed 437.7 days in space</ref> was recorded in the [[Guinness Book of Records]].

Since 1989 Lebedev has dedicated himself to scientific work. In 1991 he started the Scientific Geoinformation Center of the Russian Academy of Science. He continues as that Center's Director through the present day.

Valentin Lebedev is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, and Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.