Saley, Yevgeni Vladimirovich
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Russian pilot cosmonaut, 1976-1987.
Graduated from Kachinsk Higher Air Force School, 1971, Lieutenant Colonel, Soviet Air Forces Reserve Cosmonaut training 23 August 1976 - 30 January 1979. Withdrawn from cosmonaut team for medical reasons, July 1987. Deputy Commander, Flight Training, Chkalov Central Air Club, Moscow. Retired from active duty in 1996.
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4 events
1976 August 23
- Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 6 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Ivanov, Leonid, Moskalenko, Protchenko, Saley, Solovyov, Titov, Vladimir, Vasyutin, Volkov, Aleksandr.
1985 March
- Soyuz T-13A (cancelled) - . Crew: Savinykh, Vasyutin, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Saley, Viktorenko. Nation: Russia. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-13A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. A mission was planned from 1982 to operate the military experiments aboard TKS-3 after it had docked with Salyut 7. Salyut 7 problems resulted in a complete breakdown of the TKS-3 plans and the crew was split-up and launched on two seperate flights..
1985 September 17
12:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- Soyuz T-14 - .
Call Sign: Cheget (Tcheget - mountain in the Caucasus). Crew: Grechko,
Vasyutin,
Volkov, Aleksandr.
Backup Crew: Saley,
Strekalov,
Viktorenko.
Payload: Soyuz T s/n 20L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 7.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-13 EO-4-a,
Soyuz T-13 EO-4-b,
Soyuz T-14 EO-4-c,
Soyuz T-14 Salyut 7 EP-5.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz T.
Duration: 64.91 days. Decay Date: 1985-11-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 16051 . COSPAR: 1985-081A. Apogee: 223 km (138 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.70 min.
Docked with Salyut 7. Transported a crew comprising ship's commander V V Vasyutin, flight engineer G M Grechko and cosmonaut-researcher A A Volkov to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. Grechko returned in Soyuz T-13 on 25 September 1985 - emergency return.
1986 June
- Soyuz T-15B (cancelled) - . Crew: Aleksandrov, Saley, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Moskalenko, Serebrov, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15B. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Planned second crew to opeate TKS-3 military experiments aboard Salyut 7 before control of the station was lost. Salyut 7 and Cosmos 1686 burned up in the atmosphere together in a fiery show over Argentina on February 7, 1991..