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Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pavlovich

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Aleksandrov Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1978-1993. Born: 1943-02-20. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 309.75 days. Birth Place: Moscow.

Graduated from Moscow Bauman Higher School, 1969, with a doctorate degree, specialized on spacecraft control systems Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO. From 1993 to 1996 Chief of NPO Energia Cosmonaut-group. From 1996 Chief, Fight Test Directorate of RKK Energia. Total EVA Time: 0.24 days. Number of EVAs: 2.

Family: Cosmonaut, Energia Engineer Group 5 - 1978. Country: Russia. Spacecraft: Salyut 7, Mir. Flights: Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-9, Soyuz T-13A, Soyuz T-13 EO-4-a, Soyuz T-13 EO-4-b, Soyuz T-15, Soyuz T-15B, Soyuz T-15C, Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1, Soyuz TM-14B. Agency: Korolev bureau. More at: 5099. Bibliography: 4452.

• Birth of Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov. Russian engineer cosmonaut. Flew on Salyut 7 EO-2, Soyuz TM-3..

• Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 5 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Balandin, Laveykin, Manarov, Savinykh, Serebrov, Solovyov, Vladimir.

• Soyuz T-8 - . Call Sign: Okean (Ocean ). Crew: Serebrov, Strekalov, Titov, Vladimir. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov, Savinykh. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 13L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov, Savinykh, Serebrov, Strekalov, Titov, Vladimir. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-8. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 2.01 days. Decay Date: 1983-04-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 14014 . COSPAR: 1983-035A. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 88.60 min. Manned three crew. Unsuccessful mission. Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 7. Recovered April 22, 1983 13:29 GMT. Landed 113 km SE Arkalyk..

• Soyuz T-9 - . Call Sign: Proton (Proton ). Crew: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. Backup Crew: Strekalov, Titov, Vladimir. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 14L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov, Strekalov, Titov, Vladimir. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-9. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 149.45 days. Decay Date: 1983-11-23 . USAF Sat Cat: 14152 . COSPAR: 1983-062A. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi). Perigee: 197 km (122 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 88.80 min. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported to the Salyut-7 orbital station a crew consisting of V A Lyakhov, commander of the spacecraft, and A P Aleksandrov, flight engineer, to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments..

• EVA Salyut 7 EO-2-1 - . Crew: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. EVA Duration: 0.12 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz T-9. Spacecraft Bus: Almaz. Spacecraft: Salyut 7. Began installation of auxiliary solar array..

• EVA Salyut 7 EO-2-2 - . Crew: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. EVA Duration: 0.12 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space station. Flight: Soyuz T-9. Spacecraft Bus: Almaz. Spacecraft: Salyut 7. Completed installation of auxiliary solar array..

• Landing of Soyuz T-9 - . Return Crew: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Lyakhov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-9. Soyuz T-9 landed at 19:58 GMT. .

• Soyuz T-13A (cancelled) - . Crew: Savinykh, Vasyutin, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Saley, Viktorenko. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Saley, Savinykh, Vasyutin, Viktorenko, Volkov, Aleksandr. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-13A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. A mission was planned from 1982 to operate the military experiments aboard TKS-3 after it had docked with Salyut 7. Salyut 7 problems resulted in a complete breakdown of the TKS-3 plans and the crew was split-up and launched on two seperate flights..

• Soyuz T-13 - . Call Sign: Pamir (Pamir mountains). Crew: Dzhanibekov, Savinykh. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Popov. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 19L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Dzhanibekov, Popov, Savinykh. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-13 EO-4-a, Soyuz T-13 EO-4-b. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 112.13 days. Decay Date: 1985-09-26 . USAF Sat Cat: 15804 . COSPAR: 1985-043A. Apogee: 222 km (137 mi). Perigee: 198 km (123 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 88.70 min.

  Docked with Salyut 7. Delivered to the Salyut-7 orbital station a crew consisting of flight commander V A Dzhanibekov and flight engineer V P Savinykh to carry out emergency repairs to inert Salyut 7 station and to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments.

• Soyuz T-15 - . Call Sign: Mayak (Beacon ). Crew: Kizim, Solovyov, Vladimir. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Viktorenko. Payload: Soyuz T 11F732 s/n 21L. Mass: 7,020 kg (15,470 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Kizim, Solovyov, Vladimir, Viktorenko. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-15. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 125.00 days. Decay Date: 1986-07-16 . USAF Sat Cat: 16643 . COSPAR: 1986-022A. Apogee: 366 km (227 mi). Perigee: 331 km (205 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 91.50 min.

  Mir Main Expedition EO-01. Epic repair mission. The crew, consisting of ship's commander L D Kizim and flight engineer V A Solovyov first docked with the Mir orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. Mir then maneuvered 17 April to match Salyut 7's orbit at 4000 km separation, then again on 4 May to catch up. After six weeks aboard Mir, Soyuz T-15 undocked on 5 May, then rendezvoused and manually docked with the inoperative Salyut 7 station. This was the only flight in history by a single spacecraft between two space stations. The Salyut-7 station was found to be ice bound and without electrical power. The crew repaired the station, regaining power, heat, and environmental control. The also removed experimental results left behind by last crew. Soyuz T-15 undocked Salyut 7 on 25 June, and redocked with Mir on 26 June, delivering 400 kg of scientific material from Salyut 7, including a multichannel spectrometer. Following further work aboard Mir, the crew landed on July 16, 1986 at 12:34 GMT. No crew ever revisited Salyut 7; it made an uncontrolled reentry over Argentina.

• Soyuz T-15B (cancelled) - . Crew: Aleksandrov, Saley, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Moskalenko, Serebrov, Solovyov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Moskalenko, Saley, Serebrov, Solovyov, Viktorenko. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15B. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Planned second crew to opeate TKS-3 military experiments aboard Salyut 7 before control of the station was lost. Salyut 7 and Cosmos 1686 burned up in the atmosphere together in a fiery show over Argentina on February 7, 1991..

• Soyuz T-15C (cancelled) - . Crew: Dobrokvashina, Ivanova, Savitskaya. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Solovyov, Viktorenko. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Dobrokvashina, Ivanova, Savitskaya, Solovyov, Viktorenko. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-15C. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T.

  Cancelled all-female flight to be launched on International Woman's Day, to have docked with Mir or Salyut 7. Breakdown of Salyut 7, exhaustion of stock of Soyuz T spacecraft, and official resistance led to cancellation of the mission. Officially cancelled due to birth of Savitskaya's baby. No female cosmonauts would be in training again until a decade later.

• Soyuz TM-3 - . Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Aleksandrov, Faris, Viktorenko. Backup Crew: Habib, Savinykh, Solovyov. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 53. Mass: 7,100 kg (15,600 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Faris, Habib, Savinykh, Solovyov, Viktorenko. Agency: MOM. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1, Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 160.30 days. Decay Date: 1987-12-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 18222 . COSPAR: 1987-063A. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). Perigee: 297 km (184 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 91.00 min.

  Manned three crew. Transported to the Mir orbital space station a Soviet-Syrian crew comprising cosmonauts A S Viktorenko, A P Aleksandrov and M A Faris to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts Y Romanenko and A Laveykin. Maneuvered from initial 231 X 217 km orbit to Mir's 311 X 359 km orbit. Docked with rear Mir port at 3:30 GMT 24 July. Undocked with rear port 30 July and docked to forward port.

• Landing of Soyuz TM-3 - . Return Crew: Aleksandrov, Levchenko, Romanenko. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Levchenko, Romanenko. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1, Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-4, Soyuz TM-4 LII-1. Soyuz TM-3 undocked from Mir at 05:55 GMT and landed near Arkalyk at 09:16 GMT with the crew of Aleksandrov, Levchenko (Soyuz TM-4) and Romanenko (Soyuz TM-2) aboard..

• Soyuz TM-14B (cancelled) - . Crew: Aleksandrov, Aubakirov, Korzun. Backup Crew: Laveykin, Musabayev, Tsibliyev. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aubakirov, Korzun, Laveykin, Musabayev, Tsibliyev. 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.