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TsPK-8 astronaut group, 1987

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Requirement: pilots for the Buran and Mir programs.

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Korzun Russian pilot cosmonaut 1987-2003. 381 cumulative days in space. Call sign: Fregat (Frigate).
Tsibliyev Russian pilot cosmonaut 1987-1998. 381 cumulative days in space. Call sign: Sirius (Sirius).
Malenchenko Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut 1987-2016. Call sign: Agat (Agate). 827 cumulative days in space.
Gidzenko Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut 1987-2001. Call sign: Uran (Uranus).
Dezhurov Russian pilot cosmonaut 1987-2004. Made nine spacewalks, total time 1.58 days.