Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian: Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин; 8 March 1952 – 19 July 2002)[1] was a Soviet cosmonaut.

[1] Vasyutin was assigned to the TKS program for a new generation of crewed military spacecraft that would be docked to the existing Salyut space stations.

[1] The TKS module was already docked to the Salyut and Vasyutin was due to lead an extended program of military space experiments.

[2] Although he was originally scheduled to have a six-month stay aboard Salyut 7, his illness which he concealed from doctors before the launch, forced the crew to make an emergency return to Earth after only two months.

[1] He was a Lieutenant General in the Soviet Air Forces, and took cosmonaut basic training in August 1976.