Stoyanov, Krasimir Mihailov
Person · Bulgaria
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Bulgarian pilot cosmonaut, 1987-1988. Graduated from Air Force School Pilot, Bulgarian Air Force.
More at: Stoyanov.
Related
- Family
- Cosmonaut
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Spacecraft
- Mir
- Flights
- Soyuz TM-5
- Agency
- Bulgarian AF
- Bibliography
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Chronology
3 events
1961 January 24
- Birth of Krasimir Mihailov Stoyanov - . Nation: Bulgaria. Related Persons: Stoyanov. Bulgarian pilot cosmonaut, 1987-1988. Graduated from Air Force School Pilot, Bulgarian Air Force..
1987 January 8
- International Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Bulgaria. Related Persons: Stoyanov. Training group of backup Bulgarian guest cosmonaut for a propaganda flights to the Mir space station. This was a 'compensation mission', since the first Bulgarian mission never reached the station due to a primary engine failure aboard the Soyuz shuttle..
1988 June 7
14:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- Soyuz TM-5 - .
Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr,
Savinykh,
Solovyov.
Backup Crew: Lyakhov,
Serebrov,
Stoyanov.
Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 55. Mass: 7,000 kg (15,400 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Mir.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-4,
Soyuz TM-5.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Duration: 91.45 days. Decay Date: 1988-09-07 . USAF Sat Cat: 19204 . COSPAR: 1988-048A. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min.
Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet/Bulgarian crew comprising cosmonauts A Y Solovyev, V P Savinykh and A P Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Interim orbit 343 x 282 km. Maneuvered to Mir's 355 x 349 km orbit. Docked 15:57 GMT 9 June to Mir's aft port. Moved to forward port 18 June.