CLASSIFICATION: 43/86.
NUMBER OF MISSIONS: 5.
SPACEFLIGHT HOURS: 145 days 15 hours 58 min. 35 sec.
EVA OPERATIONS: 2.
TOTAL EVA TIME: 8 hours 35 minutes.
WORLD PRECEDENCE: a commander of the first visiting crew to an orbital station (“Soyuz-27”, “Salyut-6”, 1978).
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: May 13, 1942, the Kazakhskaya SSR (Kazakhstan), Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya region, Bastadin district, Iskander village.
NATIONALITY: Russian.
EDUCATION:
1949 - 1953 – studied in secondary schools 107, 50, 44 of Tashkent town, Uzbekistan;
1953 - 1958 – studied in the Tashkent Suvorov School of Frontier Guard of the USSR Ministry of State Security, but had to return to the secondary school due to the disbandment of the military school;
1960 – graduated from the secondary school with the Gold Medal;
1965 – graduated from the Yeisk Higher Military Air Force School of Pilots, faculty “Combat use and exploitation of planes” and acquired honours degree of “pilot-engineer” .
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
From December 4, 1965 – a pilot-instructor, from June 8, 1968 - senior pilot-instructor of the air Force training regiment 963 of the Yeisk Higher Military Air Force School of Pilots.
DATE OF ENROLLMENT IN COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP NUMBER, DATE):
April 27, 1970 - was enrolled as a student-cosmonaut in the cosmonaut corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut Training Center by the Air Force commander-in-chief order (the 5^th enrollment);
From June 15, 1972 - cosmonaut of the 1^{st (orbital program)} division of the 1^st department.
RATING: a second-class military pilot (1969), a first-class cosmonaut (1982).
Minor planet No.3170 is named after Dzhanibekov.
BACK-UP ACTIVITY:
May, 1973 – November, 1974 – a commander of the third crew for the first test flight together with B. Andreyev;
December, 1974 – June, 1975 – a commander of the fourth crew of the Soyuz-19 spacecraft on the APAS program together with B. Andreyev;
May 26, 1980 – back-up to the Soyuz-36 spacecraft commander V.N. Kubasov on the Soviet-Hungarian program;
April – October, 1983 – a commander of the back-up crew on the program of the 3^rd Prime Expedition to the Salyut-7 orbital station together with M. Manarov.
SPACEFLIGHTS PERFORMED:
The 1^st flight – January 10-16, 1978, as a commander of the Soyuz-27 spacecraft (landed on the Soyuz-26) on the program of the first visiting crew to the Salyut-6 orbital station together with O. Makarov. Worked on the station with prime crew – Yu. Romanenko and G. Grechko. Flight duration: 5 days 22 hours 58 minutes 58 seconds. Call sign: “Pamir-1”.
The 2^nd flight – March 22-30, 1981 as a commander of the Soyuz-39 spacecraft Soviet-Mongolian crew together with Zh. Gurragcha. Worked on the Salyut-6 long-term orbital station together with the prime crew (V. Kovalenok and V. Savinykh) . Flight duration: 7 days 20 hours 42 minutes 03 seconds. Call sign: “Pamir-1”.
The 3^rd flight – June 24 – July 2, 1982 as a commander of the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft together with A. Ivanchenkov and J.L. Chretien on the Soviet-French program. Worked on the Salyut-7 orbital station together with the prime crew (A. Berezovoy and V. Lebedev) . Flight duration: 7 days 21 hours 50 minutes 52 seconds. Call sign: “Pamir-1”.
The 4^th flight – July 17-29, 1984 as a commander of the Soyuz T-12 spacecraft prime crew on the program of a visiting crew together with S. Savitskaya and I. Volk. During the flight on the Salyut-7 orbital station (the prime crew 3 of L. Kizim, V. Solovyov and O. Atkov) performed July 25, 1984, together with S. Savitskaya, 3hrs 35 min EVA with the purpose of testing the assembly for cutting and welding of materials in space. Flight duration: 11 days 19 hours 14 minutes 36 seconds. Call sign: “Pamir-1”.
The 5^th flight – June 6 – September 26, 1985 as a commander of the Soyuz T-13 spacecraft together with V. Savinykh. The docking with the unguided and deactivated station was performed for the first time. The Salyut-7 orbital station was repaired, which allowed to continue its use in manned mode. Worked on the station together with V. Vasiutin, A. Volkov and G. Grechko, the crewmember he returned to the Earth with. Flight duration: 112 days 03 hours 12 minutes 36 seconds. Call sign: “Pamir-1”.
DISCHARGE FROM COSMONAUT CORPS: 1982 - is discharged from the cosmonaut corps because of the appointment to a new position.
ACTIVITY AT THE GCTC:
June 24, 1986 – March 24 – Deputy Chief GCTC Department 1of cosmonaut training;
From July 20, 1988 – Chief GCTC Department 1;
August 7, 1987 - was transferred to the reserve having reached the age limit;
1999 - 2000 – Chief Scientific worker of the GCTC.
AWARDS:
Two Medals "Gold Star" of Hero of the USSR (March 16, 1978., March 30, 1981),
Five Orders of Lenin (March 16, 1978., March 30, 1981., July 2, 1982., July 29, 1984., September 26, 1985),
Order of the Red Star (January 15, 1976),
Order “for Serving the Country in the Armed Forces of the USSR”, III class,
Order of Friendship (April 9, 1996),
9 commemorative medals,
Medal “Gold Star” of Hero of MPR,
Order of Sukhe-Bator (MPR, 1981),
Commodore of the Order of the Legion of Honour (France, 1982),
Gold Medal (France),
Order of the State Banner of PRH (1980),
Two medals of MN,
Badge “Combat Valour” of the L.Y.C.L.S.U. Central Committee (the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League of the Soviet Union),
Badge “Honoured officer of Ministry of Internal Affairs”,
Medal D’Honneur and diploma “for the Great Contribution in progress (France, June 8, 1978).
HONORARY CITIZEN OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
Gagarin, Kaluga, Tcherkassk, Arkalyk, Djazkazgan, Therkessk, Houston and Ulan-Bator.
CURRENT STATUS:
From August 7, 1987 – Air Force Major-General in the reserve.

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