Alexander Fyodorovich Poleshchuk

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Alexander Poleshchuk
Country: Russia
Organization: RKA
selected on January 25, 1989
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: January 24, 1993
Landing: July 22, 1993
Time in space: 179d 0h 43min
EVA inserts: 2
EVA total duration: 9h 58min
retired on March 25, 1994
Space flights

Alexander Fedorovich Poleschtschuk ( Russian Александр Фёдорович Полещук ., Scientific transliteration Aleksandr Fedorovic Poleščuk * 30th October 1953 in Cheremkhovo , Irkutsk Oblast , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian cosmonaut .

education

Alexander Poleshchuk graduated from the Moscow State Aviation Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1977 and started working for RKK Energija . There he worked on perfecting repair and assembly techniques for space flights. He is very experienced in working under simulated weightlessness.

In February 1989 he was selected as a candidate for a space flight (Group 14, civil specialists). From September 1989 to January 1991 he took part in the complete basic training and qualified as a test cosmonaut and then took part in the extended training for the Soyuz-TM spacecraft and the Mir station until March 1992 .

Space flights

In 1992 he was the flight engineer for the reserve crew for Soyuz TM-15 and, as usual, was nominated for the subsequent Soyuz TM-16 flight . During this mission he was in space with Gennady Manakov for 179 days. The two space exits he made during this time together lasted nine hours and 58 minutes. An androgynous coupling system on the crystal module was also tested.

From October 1994 to March 1995 he prepared himself as a replacement flight engineer for the flight of Soyuz TM-21 and as a replacement mission specialist for the Mir EO-19 long-term expedition (start with STS-71 ).

Poleshchuk is married and has one daughter.

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supporting documents

personal data
SURNAME Poleschchuk, Alexander Fyodorowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Полещук, Александр Фёдорович (Russian); Poleščuk, Aleksandr Fëdorovič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian cosmonaut
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Cheremkhovo , Irkutsk Oblast , Russian SFSR