Vasily Tsibliyev
Vasily Tsibliyev is an astronaut from Russia affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 6 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev (Russian: Василий Василиевич Циблиев); born on February 20, 1954) is a Russian cosmonaut.
He was selected as a cosmonaut on March 26, 1987. Tsibliyev flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-17 from July 1, 1993 to January 14, 1994 and on Soyuz TM-25 from February 2, 1997 to August 14 of the same year. He retired on June 19, 1998. Tsibliyev is currently Chief of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center at Star City, Russia.
Tsibliyev was the commander in charge of Mir when it was hit by a Progress spacecraft in 1997.
- Date of Birth: 02/20/1954
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 07/01/1993
- Last Flight: 02/10/1997
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
PE-14 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 09/16/1993 05:57 UTC and ended at 09/16/1993 10:16 UTC on the Mir for a total of 4 hours and 19 minutes.
PE-14 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 09/20/1993 03:51 UTC and ended at 09/20/1993 07:05 UTC on the Mir for a total of 3 hours and 13 minutes.
PE-14 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 09/28/1993 00:57 UTC and ended at 09/28/1993 02:48 UTC on the Mir for a total of 1 hours and 51 minutes.
PE-14 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 10/22/1993 15:47 UTC and ended at 10/22/1993 16:25 UTC on the Mir for a total of 38 minutes.
PE-14 EVA 5
The spacewalk began at 10/29/1993 13:38 UTC and ended at 10/29/1993 17:50 UTC on the Mir for a total of 4 hours and 12 minutes.
PE-23 EVA
The spacewalk began at 04/29/1997 05:10 UTC and ended at 04/29/1997 10:09 UTC on the Mir for a total of 4 hours and 59 minutes.
