| Balandin | ||
Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Frayzino, Moscow, Russia. Korolev Design Bureau Graduated from Bauman-Higher School in Moscow with a diploma in engineering, 1976 Civilian Engineer, Energia NPO. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Energia Engineer Group 5 - 1978. Inactive Entered space service: 1 December 1978. Left space service: 17 October 1994. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 179.05 days. Number of EVAs: 2.00. Total EVA Time: 0.45 days. Left cosmonaut corps for medical reasons. Worked at NPO Energia until 1994. Then President of Lendint-Association until 2000.
Balandin Spaceflight Log
Balandin Chronology 1 December 1978 - Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 5 selected.. 5 September 1989 - Soyuz TM-8. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-5. Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-05. Docked with Mir 8 September. Transported to the Mir orbital station a team consisting of A S Viktorenko, commander of the spacecraft, and A A Serebrov, on-board engineer, to carry out scientific and technological research and experiments. Flight cost 80 million rubles. Expected return 25 million rubles net profit. 11 February 1990 - Soyuz TM-9. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-5, Mir EO-6. Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-06. Docked with Mir. Transported to the Mir orbital station a crew comprising the cosmonauts A Y Solovyov and A N Balandin to conduct an extensive programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, experiments on biology and biotechnology and work on space materials science. 17 July 1990 - EVA Mir EO-6-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-6. Repaired Soyuz TM-9 insulation rip. 26 July 1990 - EVA Mir EO-6-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-6. Dismantled equipment. Temporarily closed damaged hatch. 9 August 1990 - Landing of Soyuz TM-9. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-6, Mir EO-7. Soyuz TM-9 landed at 07:35 GMT, 70 km from Arkalyk at 50 deg 51'E 67 deg 17' N. 1991 December - Soyuz Buran Support (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Backup Crew. Flight: Soyuz Buran Support. Planned Soyuz flight to Mir. Main purpose was to provide spaceflight experience to Bachurin and Borodai, who had been selected as back-up crew of the first manned Buran flight. Cancelled in cut-backs after fall of the Soviet Union. Bibliography and Further Reading
| ||
|
Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2007 except where otherwise noted. |
|
Encyclopedia Astronautica topic index 0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - Ra - Re - Sa - Sf - Sp - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z |