Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov is an astronaut from Russia affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 2 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (Russian: Александр Павлович Александров; born February 20, 1943) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (November 23, 1983, and December 29, 1987).
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. He served as backup for Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-13, and Soyuz T-15.
- Date of Birth: 02/20/1943
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 06/27/1983
- Last Flight: 07/22/1987
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
PE-2 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 11/01/1983 04:47 UTC and ended at 11/01/1983 07:36 UTC on the Salyut 7 for a total of 2 hours and 49 minutes.
PE-2 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 11/03/1983 03:47 UTC and ended at 11/03/1983 06:42 UTC on the Salyut 7 for a total of 2 hours and 55 minutes.
