Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov born February 20, 1943 in Moscov, is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (November 23, 1983 and December 29, 1987). He graduated from Moscow Bauman-Highschool in 1969 with a doctorate degree, specialised on spacecraft steering systems. He was selected as cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. For his first spaceflight, he flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-9, which lasted from June to November 1983. For his second spaceflight, he replaced one of the long-duration crew members of Mir EO-2. For the spaceflight, he was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-3 in July 1987, and landed with the same spacecraft in December 1987. All together he spent 309 days, 18 hours, 2 minutes in space.[1] He served as backup for Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-13, and Soyuz T-15.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz T-9 Flight Engineer 27.06. - 23.11.1983 149d 10h 46m
2 Soyuz TM-3 / MIR-2 Flight Engineer 22.07. - 30.12.1987 160d 07h 16m
Total 309d 18h 02m
