Zabolotski
Zabolotski
Credit - Yves Dejardin Collection
Viktor Viktorovich Zabolotski Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 19 April 1946.

Personal: Male. Born in Moscow, Russia. Zhukovsky Flight Test Center Graduated from Zhukovsky Test Pilot School, 1975. Graduated from academy for civil aviation, 1981. Soviet Air Force Civilian test pilot at LII.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: MAP Group 3 - 1984. Inactive Entered space service: 15 February 1984. Left space service: 1997. Cosmonaut training September 1985 - 1987. Buran Test Pilot

Worked at the Zhukovsky Flight Test Center of LII.


Zabolotski Chronology

15 February 1984 - MAP Cosmonaut Training Group 3 selected.. The group was selected to provide test pilots for Buran spaceplane.


29 December 1989 - Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 9. Assignment: Prime Crew.
1994 Late or Early 1995 - Buran 5 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Backup Crew. Flight: Buran 5. Buran Flight 5 (3K1) would have been the first flight of the third orbiter. It would be the first manned Buran flight; the third orbiter was the first outfitted with life support systems and ejection seats. Two cosmonauts would deliver the 37KBI module to Mir, using the Buran manipulator arm to dock it to the station's Kristall module. Final crew selection had still not been made at the time the program was cancelled.

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", . Joachim Becker's outstanding collection of facts and photos of astronauts and cosmonauts. Accessed at: http://www.spacefacts.de/.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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