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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Yefimovka, Orenburg, Russia. Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Buran Group 2 - 1985. Inactive Entered space service: 2 September 1985. Left space service: 20 December 1996. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 309.89 days. Number of EVAs: 3.00. Total EVA Time: 0.53 days. Buran Test Pilot, 1985-1987. Transferred to TsPK cosmonaut detachment 1987. Call sign: Vulkan (Volcano). Manakov Spaceflight Log
Manakov Chronology 1 August 1985 - Buran Cosmonaut Training Group 2 selected.. Experienced test pilots were selected to train for manned missions using the Buran space shuttle. 11 February 1990 - Soyuz TM-9. Assignment: Backup 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. 1 August 1990 - Soyuz TM-10. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-7, Mir EO-6. Manned two crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-07. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the crew consisting of the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov for the purpose of carrying out a programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, biological and biotechnological experiments, and work on space-materials science. 29 October 1990 - EVA Mir EO-7-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-7. Attempt to repair Kvant 2 hatch. 10 December 1990 - Landing of Soyuz TM-10. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-7, Mir Kosmoreporter, Mir EO-8. Soyuz TM-10 landed at 06:07 GMT, 69 km NW Arkalyk, with the crew of Akiyama, Manakov and Strekalov aboard. 27 July 1992 - Soyuz TM-15. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-12, Mir Antares, Mir EO-11. Mir Expedition EO-12. Russian astronauts Solovyov and Avdeev and French astronaut Tognini were inserted into an initial 190 x 200 km orbit inclined 51.6 deg. Later on July 27 they maneuvered to a 223 x 343 km orbit, and on July 28 docked with Mir in its 405 x 410 km orbit. 24 January 1993 - Soyuz TM-16. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir EO-13, Mir EO-12. Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-13. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station a crew of the thirteenth main expedition comprising the cosmonauts G M Manakov and A F Poleschuk.The Soyuz carried the APAS androgynous docking system instead of the usual probe system. 19 April 1993 - EVA Mir EO-13-1. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-13. Began installation of Kvant 1 solar array drive unit. 18 June 1993 - EVA Mir EO-13-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: Mir EO-13. Completed installation of Kvant 1 solar array drive unit. 22 July 1993 - Landing of Soyuz TM-16. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir Altair, Mir EO-13, Mir EO-14. Soyuz TM-16 landed at 06:41 GMT with the crew of Haignere, Manakov and Polishchuk aboard. | ||
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