Vladimir Alexeyevich Solovyov

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Vladimir Alexeyevich Solovyov
Vladimir Alexeyevich Solovyov
Leonid Kisim , Wladimir Solowjow and Oleg Atkow (from left to right)
Country: USSR
selected on December 1, 1978
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		February 8, 1984
Landing of the
last space flight: 		July 16, 1986
Time in space: 361d 22h 50min 4s
EVA inserts: 8th
EVA total duration: 31h 38min
retired on February 18, 1994
Space flights

Wladimir Alexejewitsch Solowjow ( Russian Владимир Алексеевич Соловьёв , scientific transliteration Vladimir Alekseevič Solov'ëv ; born November 11, 1946 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is an engineer and former Soviet cosmonaut .

education

Wladimir Alexejewitsch Solowjow studied aerospace engineering at the "Moscow State Technical NEBauman University" , which he successfully completed in 1970. He then worked as a specialist in rocket propulsion systems.

Space flights

The State Intermediate Commission selected Solovyov on December 1, 1978 in consultation with NPO Energija as a cosmonaut. In 1984 he flew into space as a flight engineer for the third regular crew Salyut 7 EO-3 from Salyut 7 with a Soyuz T-10 . In a total of six outboard activities , he carried out repairs to a fuel line of the space station and installed the additional third and fourth solar modules . In 1986 he was part of the first regular crew of Mir , where he held the position of flight engineer. After Solovyov first carried out work on the Mir, he flew to Salyut 7 on May 5, 1986, to which the TKS spacecraft Kosmos 1686 was docked. There he installed a lattice mast construction during two external works and contained experiments. The engineer flew back to Mir on June 25, 1986, and then returned to Earth on July 16, 1986 with the Soyuz T-15 . On February 18, 1994, he resigned from the cosmonaut corps.

Vladimir Solovyov received his doctorate in technical sciences in 1995. He became a mission manager in the Russian flight control center . Professor since 1997 , Solovyov became deputy director of the ISS program in 1998 .

Solovyov is married and has two children.

See also

literature

  • Peter Stache: spaceman from A to Z . Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin [East] 1988, ISBN 3-327-00527-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Solovyov, Vladimir Alexeyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Соловьёв, Владимир Алексеевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cosmonaut, engineer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union