Sergei Avdeyev
Sergei Avdeyev is an astronaut from Russia affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 10 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev (Сергей Васильеви Авдеев; born 1 January 1956) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut.
Avdeyev was born in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast (formerly Kuybyshev Oblast), Russian SFSR. He graduated from Moscow Physics-Engineering Institute in 1979 as an engineer-physicist. From 1979 to 1987 he worked as an engineer for NPO Energiya. He was selected as a cosmonaut as part of the Energia Engineer Group 9 on 26 March 1987. His basic cosmonaut training was from December 1987 through to July 1989. He retired as a cosmonaut on 14 February 2003.
Avdeyev at one point held the record for cumulative time spent in space with 747.59 days in earth orbit, accumulated through three tours of duty aboard the Mir Space Station. He has orbited the earth 11,968 times traveling about 515,000,000 kilometers.
- Date of Birth: 01/01/1956
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 07/27/1992
- Last Flight: 08/13/1998
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
PE-12 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 09/03/1992 13:32 UTC and ended at 09/03/1992 17:28 UTC on the Mir for a total of 3 hours and 56 minutes.
PE-12 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 09/07/1992 11:47 UTC and ended at 09/07/1992 16:55 UTC on the Mir for a total of 5 hours and 8 minutes.
PE-12 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 09/11/1992 10:06 UTC and ended at 09/11/1992 15:50 UTC on the Mir for a total of 5 hours and 44 minutes.
PE-12 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 09/15/1992 07:49 UTC and ended at 09/15/1992 11:22 UTC on the Mir for a total of 3 hours and 33 minutes.
PE-20 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 10/20/1995 11:50 UTC and ended at 10/20/1995 17:06 UTC on the Mir for a total of 5 hours and 16 minutes.
PE-20 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 12/08/1995 19:23 UTC and ended at 12/08/1995 19:52 UTC on the Mir for a total of 29 minutes.
PE-26 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 09/15/1998 20:00 UTC and ended at 09/15/1998 20:30 UTC on the Mir for a total of 30 minutes.
PE-26 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 11/10/1998 19:23 UTC and ended at 11/11/1998 01:18 UTC on the Mir for a total of 5 hours and 55 minutes.
PE-27 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 07/23/1999 11:06 UTC and ended at 07/23/1999 17:13 UTC on the Mir for a total of 6 hours and 7 minutes.
PE-27 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 07/28/1999 09:37 UTC and ended at 07/28/1999 14:59 UTC on the Mir for a total of 5 hours and 22 minutes.
