Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Viktor Mikhailovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 31.12.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 02.09.1985 |
| Selection group: | GKNII-2 / TsPK-9 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 17.04.2006 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-11 / Mir-8 | Commander / Mir-Commander | 02.12.1990 - 26.05.1991 | 175d 01h 50m |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-18 / Mir-15 | Commander / Mir-Commander | 08.01.1994 - 09.07.1994 | 182d 00h 27m |
| 3 | Soyuz TM-29 / Mir-27 | Commander / Mir-Commander | 20.02.1999 - 28.08.1999 | 188d 20h 16m |
| 4 | Soyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-32 | Commander | 21.10.2001 - 31.10.2001 | 9d 19h 59m |
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| Total | 555d 18h 32m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-10 | Commander |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-17 | Commander |
| 3 | Soyuz TM-27 | Commander |
| 4 | Soyuz TM-32 | Commander |
Additional information
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Colonel, Russian Air Force; Graduated from
Kachynskoye Military Pilot School in 1970 and the Ordzhonikidze Aviation
Institute, Moscow, in 1980; test pilot; was selected on 02.09.1985 from
GKNII-2 for Buran-flights; 1988
TsPK-9;
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/85 - 12/87;
hobbies: car driving, football, collecting of badges and pins; retired from the
active military service and from the cosmonaut corps due of his age.
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