Aleksandr Laveykin

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin (Russian: Александр Иванович Лавейкин; born April 21, 1951[1]) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin
Born (1951-04-21) 21 April 1951
Moscow, USSR
NationalitySoviet
OccupationFlight engineer
Awards
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space
174d 03h 25m
Selection1978 Cosmonaut Group
MissionsMir EO-2 (Soyuz TM-2)

Biography

Born in Moscow, Laveykin was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978.[1] He flew on one spaceflight, for the first part of the long duration expedition Mir EO-2. He flew as a flight engineer, and was both launched and landed with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-2. He spent 174 days 3 hours 25 minutes in space.[1][2] Married with one child, Laveykin retired on March 28, 1994.[1]

Launched in February 1987, his spaceflight was intended to last until December 1987, but doctors on the ground determined that he was having minor heart irregularities.[3] For this reason, in July he was replaced by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, who stayed on Mir to the end of the expedition in December.

Awards
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References
  1. "Cosmonaut Biography: Aleksandr Laveykin". spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  2. "Laveykin". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  3. "Mir EO-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
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