Mace, Timothy Kristian Charles
Person · UK
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British engineer cosmonaut, 1989-1998. Was married to the daughter of former Soviet Cosmonaut V Zholobov.
Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering, Military University in Shrivenham, Swindon, 1977 . Major, Royal Air Force. Helicopter instructor pilot and parachutist. Commercial Juno program. One of three candidates from the United Kingdom for the 1992 European Space Agency selection. He made the short list of 25 candidates but was not selected in 1992 and 1998. Lived in South Africa, working as a helicopter pilot for the former President of South-Africa, Nelson Mandela.
More at: Mace, Timothy.
Related
- Family
- Cosmonaut
- Country
- UK
- Spacecraft
- Mir
- Flights
- Soyuz TM-12 Juno
- Agency
- RAF
Chronology
4 events
1955 November 20
- Birth of Timothy Kristian Charles Mace - . Nation: UK. Related Persons: Mace, Timothy. British engineer cosmonaut, 1989-1998. Was married to the daughter of former Soviet Cosmonaut V Zholobov..
1989 November 25
- British Commercial Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: UK. Related Persons: Mace, Timothy, Sharman. The group was selected for the Juno commercial British cosmonaut mission..
1991 May 18
12:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- Soyuz TM-12 - .
Call Sign: Ozon (Ozone ). Crew: Artsebarsky,
Krikalyov,
Sharman.
Backup Crew: Kaleri,
Mace, Timothy,
Volkov, Aleksandr.
Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 62. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Mir.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-11,
Soyuz TM-12,
Soyuz TM-12 Juno,
Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Duration: 144.64 days. Decay Date: 1991-10-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 21311 . COSPAR: 1991-034A. Apogee: 397 km (246 mi). Perigee: 389 km (241 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.40 min.
Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-09. Carried Anatoli Artsebarski, Sergei Krikalev, Helen Sharman to Mir; returned Artsebarski, crew of Soyuz TM 8 to Earth. Second commercial flight with paying British passenger. Sponsoring British consortium was not quite able to come up with money, however. Flight continued at Soviet expense with very limited UK experiments.
2014 September 14
- Death of Timothy Kristian Charles Mace. - . Related Persons: Mace, Timothy. British engineer cosmonaut, 1989-1998. Was married to the daughter of former Soviet Cosmonaut V Zholobov..