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Vladimir Nikolayevich

USSR

Personal data

Birthdate:  30.07.1962
Birthplace:  Yavas, Moldavian SSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  26.03.1987
Selection group:  TsPK-8
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 12.07.2004

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz TM-21 / Mir-18 / STS-71 Atlantis  Commander / Mir-Commander  14.03. - 07.07.1995 115d 08h 43m 
2  STS-105 Discovery/ ISS-03 / STS-108 Endeavour  MS / Flight Engineer  10.08. - 17.12.2001 128d 20h 45m 
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Total  244d 05h 28m 
   

Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz TM-31  Commander

Additional information

Graduated from Kharkov Higher Military Aviation School, 1983, with a flight engineer's diploma; corresponding student at Gagarin Air Force Academy from 1991 - 1994; Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 26.03.1987 by GMVK (TsPK-8); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 12/87 - 6/89; hobbies: Sporting games, cross-country skiing, swimming; currently chief of test separation of the 3rd division RGNII TsPK.

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