Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Aleksandr Yuriyevich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 13.05.1956 |
| Birthplace: | Yurmala, Latvian SSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 15.02.1984 |
| Selection group: | NPOE-6 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 16.04.2022 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-14 / Mir-11 | Flight Engineer | 17.03.1992 - 10.08.1992 | 145d 14h 10m |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-24 / Mir-22 | Flight Engineer | 17.08.1996 - 02.03.1997 | 196d 17h 26m |
| 3 | Soyuz TM-30 / Mir-28 | Flight Engineer | 04.04.2000 - 16.06.2000 | 72d 19h 41m |
| 4 | Soyuz TMA-3 / ISS-08 | Flight Engineer | 18.10.2003 - 30.04.2004 | 194d 18h 33m |
| 5 | Soyuz TMA-01M / ISS-25 / ISS-26 | Commander | 07.10.2010 - 16.03.2011 | 159d 08h 43m |
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-4 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-12 | Flight Engineer |
| 3 | Soyuz TM-28 | Flight Engineer |
| 4 | STS-111 | ISS-CDR |
| 5 | Soyuz TMA-2 | Commander |
Additional information
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Graduated from Moscow Physics and Technology
Institute (MFTI), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, as a specialist in
Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control, 1979 and- post-graduate study at
MFTI as a specialist in the following field: Mechanics
of Fluids and Plasma, 1983; worked with
NPO Energiya; was selected as cosmonaut by
GMVK on 15.02.1984 (NPOE-6);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/85 - 10/86; was
already assigned for mission of
Soyuz TM-7, but grounded of medical reasons;
hobbies: trampolining, jogging, book reading, growing flowers; since 30.10.2006
chief of flight service of RSC Energiya. |
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