Early Life
Yury Romanenko was born on August 1, 1944 in Koltubanovskiy village in Orenburg Oblast, Soviet Union. His father (born 1916) was a senior commander on military ships, and mother (born 1917) was a combat medic. His family later moved to Kaliningrad, where he graduated from a secondary school in 1961. His hobbies in school included building model aircraft and ships, boxing, shooting and underwater fishing. After school, he briefly worked as a locksmith and builder. In 1962 he enrolled at the Chernigov High Air Force School, Ukraine and graduated with honors in 1966. After graduation, he remained with the School, training the students and practicing as a candidate cosmonaut. He was cleared for space flights in 1970, among only 16 other cosmonauts.
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