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Balandin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
Russian engineer cosmonaut 1978-1994. Left cosmonaut corps for medical reasons and returned to NPO Energia until departing in 1994. Then President of Lendint-Association until 2000.
Status: Inactive; Active 1978-1994. Born: 1953-07-30. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 179.05 days. Birth Place: Frayzino, Moscow.
Graduated from Bauman-Higher School in Moscow with a diploma in engineering, 1976.
More at: Balandin.
Family:
Cosmonaut.
Country:
Russia.
Spacecraft:
Mir.
Flights:
Soyuz TM-8,
Soyuz TM-9,
Soyuz Buran Support.
Agency:
Korolev bureau.
Bibliography:
4452,
5138.
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| Soyuz TM-9 Baladin and Solovyov aboard Mir. Credit: RKK Energia |
1953 July 30 - .
- Birth of Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Balandin.
Russian engineer cosmonaut 1978-1994. Left cosmonaut corps for medical reasons and returned to NPO Energia until departing in 1994. Then President of Lendint-Association until 2000. 1 spaceflight, 179.1 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-9 (1990)..
1978 December 1 - .
1989 September 5 - .
21:38 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC1.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U2.
- Soyuz TM-8 - .
Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Serebrov,
Viktorenko.
Backup Crew: Balandin,
Solovyov.
Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 58. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Mir.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-8.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Duration: 166.29 days. Decay Date: 1990-02-19 . USAF Sat Cat: 20218 . COSPAR: 1989-071A. Apogee: 392 km (243 mi). Perigee: 390 km (240 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.40 min.
Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-05. Docked with Mir 8 September. Transported to the Mir orbital station a team consisting of A S Viktorenko, commander of the spacecraft, and A A Serebrov, on-board engineer, to carry out scientific and technological research and experiments. Flight cost 80 million rubles. Expected return 25 million rubles net profit.
1990 February 11 - .
06:16 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC1.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U2.
- Soyuz TM-9 - .
Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Balandin,
Solovyov.
Backup Crew: Manakov,
Strekalov.
Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 60. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Mir.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-8,
Soyuz TM-9.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Duration: 179.05 days. Decay Date: 1990-08-09 . USAF Sat Cat: 20494 . COSPAR: 1990-014A. Apogee: 387 km (240 mi). Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.20 min.
Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-06. Docked with Mir. Transported to the Mir orbital station a crew comprising the cosmonauts A Y Solovyov and A N Balandin to conduct an extensive programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, experiments on biology and biotechnology and work on space materials science.
1990 July 17 - .
13:06 GMT - .
1990 July 26 - .
11:15 GMT - .
1990 August 9 - .
1991 December - .
- Soyuz Buran Support (cancelled) - .
Crew: Bachurin,
Ivanchenkov.
Backup Crew: Balandin,
Borodai.
Nation: Russia.
Program: Mir.
Flight: Soyuz Buran Support.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Planned Soyuz flight to Mir. Main purpose was to provide spaceflight experience to Bachurin and Borodai, who had been selected as back-up crew of the first manned Buran flight. Cancelled in cut-backs after fall of the Soviet Union..
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