Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 30.07.1953 |
| Birthplace: | Fryazino / Moscow Oblast / Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 01.12.1978 |
| Selection group: | NPOE-4 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 17.10.1994 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-9 / Mir-6 | Flight Engineer | 11.02. - 09.08.1990 | 179d 01h 17m |
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| Total | 179d 01h 17m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-8 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Graduated from Bauman-Highschool in Moscow
with a diploma in engineering, 1976; was selected as cosmonaut on 01.12.1978 by
GMVK (NPOE-4); was double for
Soyuz TM-8; retired of medical reasons;
working at
NPO Energiya until 1994; then President of
"Lendint-Association" (until 2000). |
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