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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Antratsit, Lugansk, Ukraine. Soviet Air Force Graduated from Military Higher School of Pilots in Chuguyev, Oblast Kharkov, 1964 Soviet Air Force. Soviet Air Force. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 4 - 1967. Inactive Entered space service: 7 May 1967. Left space service: 7 September 1994. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 333.33 days. Number of EVAs: 3.00. Total EVA Time: 0.30 days. Cosmonaut training June 1967 - 18 August 1969. Call sign: Proton (Proton). From 1995 to 1998 Deputy General Director, Russian House of Publications Merchandising. Retired 1998. Hockey
Lyakhov Spaceflight Log
Lyakhov Chronology 12 April 1967 - Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 4 selected.. 1967 December - New Spiral cosmonaut team. A new cosmonaut training group for the Spiral spaceplane was established: Titov, Kizim, Kozelskiy, Lyakhov, Malyshev, Petrushenko. 15 June 1978 - Soyuz 29. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EO-2. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Placed on board the Salyut-6 station a crew consisting of V.V. Kovalenko and A.S. Ivanchenkov to conduct scientific and technological investigations and experiments. 25 February 1979 - Soyuz 32. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EO-3. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported a team consisting of V A Lyakhov and V V Ryumin to the Salyut-6 space station to conduct scientific investigations and experiments and repair work. Recovered June 15, 1979 16:18 GMT. Returned unmanned. 15 June 1979 - Landing of Soyuz 32. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EO-3. Soyuz 32 landed at 16:18 GMT. 15 August 1979 - EVA Salyut 6 EO-3-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EO-3. Jettisoned KRT-10 antenna from rear docking port. 19 August 1979 - Landing of Soyuz 34. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EO-3. Soyuz 34 landed at 12:30 GMT with the crew of Lyakhov and Ryumin aboard. 22 March 1981 - Soyuz 39. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Salyut 6 EP-9, Salyut 6 EO-6. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 orbital station the eighth international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising V A Dzhanibekov (USSR) and Z. Gurragchi (Mongolian People's Republic) to conduct scientific investigations and experiments. 20 April 1983 - Soyuz T-8. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Soyuz T-8. Manned three crew. Unsuccessful mission. Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 7. Recovered April 22, 1983 13:29 GMT. Landed 113 km SE Arkalyk. 27 June 1983 - Soyuz T-9. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Salyut 7 EO-2. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported to the Salyut-7 orbital station a crew consisting of V A Lyakhov, commander of the spacecraft, and A P Aleksandrov, flight engineer, to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments. 1 November 1983 - EVA Salyut 7 EO-2-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Salyut 7 EO-2. Began installation of auxiliary solar array. 3 November 1983 - EVA Salyut 7 EO-2-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Salyut 7 EO-2. Completed installation of auxiliary solar array. 23 November 1983 - Landing of Soyuz T-9. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Salyut 7 EO-2. Soyuz T-9 landed at 19:58 GMT. 7 June 1988 - Soyuz TM-5. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EP-2, Mir EO-3. Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet/Bulgarian crew comprising cosmonauts A Y Solovyev, V P Savinykh and A P Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Interim orbit 343 x 282 km. Maneuvered to Mir's 355 x 349 km orbit. Docked 15:57 GMT 9 June to Mir's aft port. Moved to forward port 18 June. 29 August 1988 - Soyuz TM-6. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EP-3, Mir LD-2, Mir EO-3. Transported to the Mir orbital station a Soviet-Afghan crew comprising the cosmonauts V A Lyakhov, V V Polyakov and A A Momand (Afghanistan) to conduct joint research and experiments with the cosmonauts V G Titov and M K Manarov. Returned Manarov, Titov (Soyuz TM-4), Chretien (Soyuz TM-7) to Earth. Initial orbit 195 X 228 km at 51. 57 deg. Maneuvered to a 235 x 259 km orbit, then docked with Mir at 05:41 GMT on 31 August at its 339 x 366 km orbit. Moved from aft to forward port 8 Sept 88. 7 September 1988 - Landing of Soyuz TM-5. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EP-3, Mir LD-2, Mir EO-3. Undocked 22:55 GMT 5 September. Jettisoned Orbital Module 23:35 GMT 5 September. Planned landing 02:15 September 6 1988 failed due to confusion of infrared horizon sensors. Repeat retrofire attempt one orbit later resulted in a partial burn only. The crew had to spend a tense 24 hours in the cramped Descent Module (the Orbital Module having already been jettisoned before the retrofire burn) before making last chance deorbit. Finally Lyakhov and Afghani cosmonaut Mohmand (Soyuz TM-6) returned safely to Earth and landed September 7, 1988 00:50 GMT, 160 km SE Dzhezkazgan. Bibliography and Further Reading
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