Laveykin, Aleksandr Ivanovich
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Russian engineer cosmonaut 1978-1994.
Graduated from Moscow Bauman Higher Technical School, 1974 Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO. Deputy Commander, NPO Energia Cosmonaut Group, 1989 - 1994. Left cosmonaut group when he became too overweight for the Orlan spacesuit. Retired from NPO Energia in April 1994.
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- Family
- Cosmonaut
- Country
- Russia
- Spacecraft
- Mir
- Agency
- Korolev bureau
Chronology
9 events
1951 April 21
- Birth of Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Laveykin. Russian engineer cosmonaut 1978-1994. 1 spaceflight, 174.1 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-2 (1987)..
1978 December 1
- Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 5 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Balandin, Laveykin, Manarov, Savinykh, Serebrov, Solovyov, Vladimir.
1982 First half
- Soyuz Almaz 4 (cancelled) - . Crew: Laveykin, Malyshev. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Laveykin, Malyshev. Program: Almaz. Flight: Soyuz Almaz 4. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Planned Soyuz flight to a dock with the Almaz OPS 4 space station. The mission was cancelled together with the Almaz program in 1981..
1987 February 5
21:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- Soyuz TM-2 - . Call Sign: Taimyr (Taimyr - Russian peninsula). Crew: Laveykin, Romanenko. Backup Crew: Serebrov, Titov, Vladimir. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 52. Mass: 7,100 kg (15,600 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 174.14 days. Decay Date: 1987-07-30 . USAF Sat Cat: 17482 . COSPAR: 1987-013A. Apogee: 365 km (226 mi). Perigee: 341 km (211 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.60 min. Mir Expedition EO-02. Docked with Mir 7 February 1987. Carried Yuri Romanenko, Aleksander Laveykin to Mir; returned Laveykin, crew of Soyuz TM-3 to Earth..
1987 April 11
19:41 GMT - .- EVA Mir EO-2-1 - . Crew: Laveykin, Romanenko. EVA Duration: 0.15 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Laveykin, Romanenko. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1. Spacecraft: Mir. Removed bag from docking unit that interfered with Kvant docking..
1987 June 12
16:55 GMT - .- EVA Mir EO-2-2 - . Crew: Laveykin, Romanenko. EVA Duration: 0.0792 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Laveykin, Romanenko. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1. Spacecraft: Mir. Began solar array installation..
1987 June 16
15:30 GMT - .- EVA Mir EO-2-3 - . Crew: Laveykin, Romanenko. EVA Duration: 0.14 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Laveykin, Romanenko. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1. Spacecraft: Mir. Continued solar array installation..
1987 July 30
- Landing of Soyuz TM-2 - . Return Crew: Faris, Laveykin, Viktorenko. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Faris, Laveykin, Viktorenko. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1, Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1. Undocked from Mir at 8:34 GMT on 29 July. The Orbital Module was jettisoned before retrofire and left in a 308 X 356 orbit. Soyuz TM-2 landed at 01:05 GMT with the crew of Faris, Laveykin and Viktorenko aboard..
1991 End
- Soyuz TM-14B (cancelled) - .
Crew: Aleksandrov,
Aubakirov,
Korzun.
Backup Crew: Laveykin,
Musabayev,
Tsibliyev.
Nation: Russia.
Program: Mir.
Flight: Soyuz TM-14B.
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 second crew assignment. The Kazakh researchers were moved to the earlier Soyuz TM-13 flight and paying German researchers took their place in the final crew.