Alexander Ivanovich Laweikin
Alexander Ivanovich Laweikin | |
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Country: | USSR |
selected on | December 1, 1978 |
Calls: | 1 space flight |
Begin: | 5th February 1987 |
Landing: | July 30, 1987 |
Time in space: | 174 d 3 h 26 min |
EVA inserts: | 3 |
EVA total duration: | 8 h 48 min |
retired on | March 28, 1994 |
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Alexander Ivanovich Laweikin ( Russian Александр Иванович Лавейкин ; born April 21, 1951 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian engineer and former Soviet cosmonaut .
education
After Alexander Laweikin successfully completed his engineering studies at the " Moscow State Technical NEBauman University " in Moscow in 1974 , the designer was employed as a structural engineer for cosmic spacecraft at NPO Energija . On December 1, 1978, Laweikin was selected as a spaceman by the “State Intermediate Commission” in consultation with NPO Energija.
Space flights
In 1987 he flew Sojus TM-2 as a flight engineer of the first crew of the space station I in the space . There, the designer was involved in the expansion of the Mir in three EVAs : on April 11, 1987, he removed foreign objects from the coupling socket, and on June 12 and 16, 1987, he installed a solar cell carrier with two solar cells .
From 1989 to 1994 Laweikin was deputy commander of the cosmonaut group of NPO Energija. In 1992 he was on the Soyuz TM-15 backup team. After massive weight problems made it impossible for him to wear the Orlan spacesuit , the Medical Commission revoked his flight status. Laweikin left the cosmonaut corps on March 28, 1994 and left NPO Energija in April 1994.
Private
Laweikin is married and has one child.
literature
- Peter Stache: spaceman from A to Z . Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic , Berlin [East] 1988, ISBN 3-327-00527-3 .
supporting documents
- spacefacts.de: Short biography
- space.kursknet.ru: Short biography ( memento from August 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English / Russian)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Laweikin, Alexander Ivanovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Лавейкин, Александр Иванович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet cosmonaut, engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |