Aleksandr Viktorenko

  • Mir EP-1   Soyuz TM- TM-3/Sojus 2 (1987 )
  • Soyuz TM- 8 (1989/1990)
  • Soyuz TM -14 ( 1992)
  • Soyuz TM- 20 (1994/1995)

Alexander Stepanovich Viktorenko (Russian Александр Степанович Викторенко, scientific transliteration Aleksandr Stepanovic Viktorenko; born March 29, 1947 in Olginka at Petropavlovsk, North Kazakhstan, Kazakh SSR ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut. He spent 489 days in space and is ninth on the list of astronauts with the most experience.

Spaceman activity

Viktorenko was the Soviet Air Force pilot before he was selected as a cosmonaut in 1978. In 1985 and 1986 he was in the backup crew for the Soyuz T-14 and Soyuz T-15, the last flights to the space station Salyut 7

On his first space flight launched Alexander Viktorenko on 22 July 1987 as commander of the spaceship Soyuz TM- third Together with Alexander Alexandrov and the Muhammed Ahmed Faris Syrians he flew to the Mir space station, which was manned at this time with Yuri Romanenko and Alexander Lawejkin. After a week Viktorenko landed TM-2 along with Faris and Lawejkin in the space ship Soyuz.

For the Soviet- French mission with Soyuz TM -7 in 1988 was Viktorenko substitute.

His first long-term stay aboard Mir Viktorenko launched on 5 September 1989 Soyuz TM -8. Together with Alexander Serebrov he took the space station, which had been four months unoccupied, returned to service. Viktorenko and Serebrov remained over five months in space.

For the flight of Soyuz TM -13 October 1991-March 1992 was Viktorenko substitute for Alexander Volkov.

To his third space flight launched Viktorenko on 17 March 1992 along with Alexander Kaleri and the German Klaus- Dietrich Flade in Soyuz TM- 14th Nearly five months spent Viktorenko and Kaleri aboard Mir.

His fourth space flight began Viktorenko on 3 October 1994 with the spacecraft Soyuz TM- 20th On board the German Ulf Merbold and Yelena Kondakova, which was the first woman to fly a long-term mission were. Viktorenko and Kondakova remained over five months in space.

As Viktorenko ended on 22 March 1995, he had spent 489 days in space. At that time, could have more Valeri Polyakov at 678 days only and Mussa Manarov 541 days.

End of May 1997 Viktorenko different from active service and was instructor at the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Alexander Viktorenko is married and has two children.

Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-2 Soyuz TM-8 Soyuz TM-14 Soyuz TM-20 Muhammed Faris Soyuz TM-7 Aleksandr Kaleri Klaus-Dietrich Flade List of spaceflight records
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