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Vitali Mikhailovich Zholobov (Russian
language|Russian:
Виталий
Михайло&
#1074;ич
Жолобов;
born June 18, 1937 in Zburjevka, Ukraine) was a
Soviet Union|Soviet astronaut|cosmonaut who flew
on one human spaceflight|space flight, Soyuz 21,
as the flight engineer.

He joined the space programme from the Soviet Air
Force where he held the rank of Colonel-engineer.

His one trip into space involved a two-month stay
on the Salyut 5 space station, during which
Zholobov developed terrible space-sickness. Due to
this, and perhaps other reasons, the mission had
to be cut short. He was in orbit from June 6, 1976
to August 24, 1976.

Although he never flew again, he stayed in the
space programme until 1981 when he resigned to
become director of a geology|geological science
research group.