Vasili Tsibliyev
Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev (Василий Василиевич Циблиев); born on February 20, 1954) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut on March 26, 1987. He retired on June 19, 1998. Tsibliyev is currently Chief of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center at Star City, Russia. Tsibliyev was the commander in charge of Mir when it was hit by a Progress spacecraft in 1997.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz TM-17 / MIR-14 Commander 01.07.1993 - 14.01.1994 196d 17h 45m
2 Soyuz TM-25 / MIR-23 Commander 10.02.1997 - 14.08.1997 184d 22h 07m
Total 381d 15h 52m
