Editing Valeri Polyakov (section)

== Later life ==
Polyakov retired from his position as a cosmonaut in June 1995, with a total of just over 678 days in space.<ref name=nmmuseum/><ref name=astronautix>{{cite web|title=Polyakov |url=http://www.astronautix.com/astros/polyakov.htm |publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica |access-date=27 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302031757/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/polyakov.htm |archive-date=2 March 2009 }}</ref> He participated in experiment SFINCSS-99 (Simulation of Flight of International Crew on Space Station) in 1999.<ref>{{cite book|title=Валерий Владимирович Поляков|year=2011|url=http://www.astronaut.ru/crossroad/210.htm|access-date=8 August 2011|archive-date=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929183214/http://www.astronaut.ru/crossroad/210.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Polyakov was the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Health in Moscow, where he oversaw the medical aspects of long-duration space missions.<ref name=nmmuseum/> He was a member of the Russian Chief Medical Commission, participating in the qualification and selection of cosmonauts. He also held membership in the International Space Researchers' Association and the [[International Academy of Astronautics]].<ref name=nmmuseum/><ref name=iaa>{{cite web|title=Membership List|url=http://www.iaaweb.org/iaa/Membership/membershiplist.pdf|publisher=International Academy of Astronautics|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-date=28 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428084212/https://iaaweb.org/iaa/Membership/membershiplist.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Polyakov was married and had one child.<ref name=astronautix/>

After returning from space, Polyakov remained active in the discipline of international spaceflight, becoming a "cosmonaut-investigator" for the United States, Austria, Germany, and France during their respective space science missions to the Mir space station.<ref name=nmmuseum/> He died on 7 September 2022 at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=1126|title= ПОЛЯКОВ Валерий Владимирович|accessdate=22 September 2022|language=ru}}</ref>