Alexander Ivanovich Laweikin

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Alexander Ivanovich Laweikin
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
Space flights

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.

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personal data
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