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Avdeyev, Sergei Vasiliyevich

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Russian engineer cosmonaut 1987-2003. 747 cumulative days in space. Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO

Detachment: NPOE-8. Departed Date: 2003-02-14.

More at: Avdeyev.

Family: Cosmonaut
Country: Russia
Spacecraft: Mir
Flights: Soyuz TM-13A, Soyuz TM-14A, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-15 Antares, Soyuz TM-20, Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-26, Soyuz TM-28 Mir EO-26/-27, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-29 Mir Stefanik
Agency: Korolev bureau
Bibliography: 5131

Chronology

22 events

1987 March 26

Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 9 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev.

1991 August

Soyuz TM-13A (cancelled) - . Crew: Kaleri, Viehboeck, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Lothaller, Viktorenko. Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-13A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial considerations and necessity of flying a Kazakh cosmonaut. This was the original crew assignment. Kaleri and Avdeyev were replaced by Kazakh researchers in the final crew..

1991 End

Soyuz TM-14A (cancelled) - . Crew: Aubakirov, Avdeyev, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Musabayev, Poleshchuk, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-14A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Soyuz TM-13 and TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial seat bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. This was the original crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight.

1992 March 17

10:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.

Soyuz TM-14 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Flade, Kaleri, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Ewald, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 64. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-14 Mir 92. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 145.59 days. Decay Date: 1992-08-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 21908 . COSPAR: 1992-014A. Apogee: 394 km (244 mi). Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.20 min. Mir Expedition EO-11. Joint flight with Germany. Docked at the Kvant rear port at 12:33 GMT on March 19..

1992 July 27

06:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.

Soyuz TM-15 - . Call Sign: Rodnik (Spring - water spring). Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov, Tognini. Backup Crew: Haignere, Manakov, Poleshchuk. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 65. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-15 Antares. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 188.90 days. Decay Date: 1993-02-01 . USAF Sat Cat: 22054 . COSPAR: 1992-046A. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min.
Mir Expedition EO-12. Russian astronauts Solovyov and Avdeev and French astronaut Tognini were inserted into an initial 190 x 200 km orbit inclined 51.6 deg. Later on July 27 they maneuvered to a 223 x 343 km orbit, and on July 28 docked with Mir in its 405 x 410 km orbit.

1992 September 3

13:32 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-12-1 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.16 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Began installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower..

1992 September 7

11:47 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-12-2 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.21 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Continued installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower..

1992 September 11

10:06 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-12-3 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.24 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Completed installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower..

1992 September 15

07:49 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-12-4 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. EVA Duration: 0.15 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-15. Spacecraft: Mir. Installed Kurs docking system antenna on Kristall module..

1993 February 1

Landing of Soyuz TM-15 - . Return Crew: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Solovyov. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-16.
Aleksandr Solovyov and Sergey Avdeyev undocked from the Mir complex aboard Soyuz TM-15 on February 1 and landed the same day in Kazakhstan after six months in space at 03:47 GMT. Soyuz TM-15's flight was an in-orbit record for a Soyuz spaceship - 188 days 21 h 39 m.

1995 March 14

06:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.

Soyuz TM-21 - . Call Sign: Uragan (Hurricane ). Crew: Dezhurov, Strekalov, Thagard. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Dunbar, Gidzenko. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 70. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-18 Mir LD-4, Soyuz TM-20, Soyuz TM-21. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 181.03 days. Decay Date: 1995-09-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 23519 . COSPAR: 1995-010A. Apogee: 398 km (247 mi). Perigee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.50 min.
Mir Expedition EO-18. Soyuz TM-21 carried the EO-18 Mir crew and American Norman Thagard. Thagard was the first American to be launched in a Soyuz. Soyuz docked with Mir at 07:45:26 GMT on March 16 . On July 4 Soyuz TM-21 undocked and backed off to a distance of 100 m from Mir. The US space shuttle Atlantis, with the EO-18 crew aboard, then undocked and began a flyaround at a distance of 210 m, while the EO-19 crew aboard Soyuz took pictures before redocking with the station. Soyuz TM-21 again undocked with the EO-19 crew on September 11 from the Kvant rear port on Mir and landed at 50 deg 41'N 68 deg 15'E, 108 km northeast of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan, at 06:52:40 GMT .

1995 September 3

09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.

Soyuz TM-22 - . Call Sign: Uran (Uranus ). Crew: Avdeyev, Gidzenko, Reiter. Backup Crew: Duque, Kaleri, Korzun. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 71. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-22, STS-71 Mir EO-19. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 179.07 days. Decay Date: 1996-02-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 23665 . COSPAR: 1995-047A. Apogee: 398 km (247 mi). Perigee: 391 km (242 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.50 min.
Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23.

1995 October 20

11:50 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-20-1 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Reiter. EVA Duration: 0.22 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Reiter. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-22. Spacecraft: Mir. Sample cassettes installed in ESEF (European Science Exposure Facility)..

1995 December 8

19:23 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-20-2 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Gidzenko. EVA Duration: 0.0201 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Gidzenko. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-22. Spacecraft: Mir. Internal Vehicular Activity. Repositioned docking adapter..

1996 February 29

Landing of Soyuz TM-22 - . Return Crew: Avdeyev, Gidzenko, Reiter. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Gidzenko, Reiter. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-23. Soyuz TM-22 landed at 10:42 GMT. .

1997 August 5

15:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.

Soyuz TM-26 - . Call Sign: Rodnik. Crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov. Backup Crew: Avdeyev, Padalka. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 75. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-25, Soyuz TM-26, STS-84 Mir NASA-4. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 197.73 days. Decay Date: 1998-02-19 . USAF Sat Cat: 24886 . COSPAR: 1997-038A. Apogee: 385 km (239 mi). Perigee: 378 km (234 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.20 min. Mir Expedition EO-24. The Soyuz docked manually at 17:02 GMT August 7. Over the next six months the crew undertook seven internal and external spacewalks to repair the crippled space station..

1998 August 13

09:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.

Soyuz TM-28 - . Call Sign: Altair. Crew: Avdeyev, Baturin, Padalka. Backup Crew: Kaleri, Zalyotin. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 77. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TM-28 Mir EO-26/-27, Soyuz TM-28 Mir EP-4. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 198.69 days. Decay Date: 1999-02-28 . USAF Sat Cat: 25429 . COSPAR: 1998-047A. Apogee: 373 km (231 mi). Perigee: 363 km (225 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 91.90 min.
Soyuz TM-28 docked at 10:56 GMT on August 15 with the rear (Kvant) port of the Mir space station, which had been vacated at 09:28 GMT on August 12 by Progress M-39. The EO-25 crew, Musabayev and Budarin, landed with Baturin on Aug 25, leaving the EO-26 crew of Padalka and Avdeyev on the station. As only one final Soyuz mission to Mir was planned, with two of the seats on that Soyuz pre-sold to Slovak and French experimenters, the return crew of Soyuz TM-28 was subject to constant replanning and revision. On February 8, 1999, at 11:23 GMT Padalka and Avdeyev undocked from Mir's -X port in Soyuz TM-28, and redocked at the +X Kvant port at 11:39 GMT, freeing up the front port for the Soyuz TM-29 docking. Finally on February 27, 1999 EO-26 commander Padalka and Slovak cosmonaut Bella undocked Soyuz TM-28 from the Kvant rear docking port at 22:52 GMT, landing in Kazakhstan on February 28 at 02:14 GMT. Avdeyev remained on Mir with the EO-27 crew delivered on Soyuz TM-29, heading for a manned space flight time record.

1998 September 15

20:00 GMT - .

EVA Mir EO-26-1 - . Crew: Avdeyev, Padalka. EVA Duration: 0.0208 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Avdeyev, Padalka. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-28, Soyuz TM-28 Mir EO-26/-27. Spacecraft: Mir.
Internal Vehicular Activity. After donning spacesuits, the PKhO compartment of the Mir core module was depressurized and the crew entered the dead Spektr module at 20:00 GMT. They reconnected some cables for the solar panel steering mechanism and closed the hatch a half hour later. The PKhO was then repressurized.

1998 November 11