CLASSIFICATION: 48/98
NUMBER OF MISSIONS: 3
SPACEFLIGHT HOURS: 374 days 17 hours 57 min. 38 sec.
EVA OPERATIONS: 8
TOTAL EVA TIME: 31 hour 40 minutes
WORLD PRECEDENCE: a commander of the crew, which performed a flight from one orbital station (“Mir”) to the other (“Salyut”) and back (“Soyuz”, 1986)
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: August 5, 1941, the UkSSR (Ukraine), Donetsk region, Krasny Liman town.
NATIONALITY: ukrainian.
EDUCATION:
1958 - completed the ten-year course of secondary school;
1963 - graduated from the Tchernigov Lenin Komsomol Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots;
1971-1975 – student of Yu. A. Gagarin Higher Military Academy;
1989 – graduated from the USSR Armed Forces General Staff Military Academy named after K.E. Voroshilov.
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
From December 18, 1963 – pilot of Guards Fighter and Bomber Aviation Regiment 168, Army 34, Zakavkazski Military District
DATE OF ENROLLMENT IN COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP NUMBER, DATE):
October 28, 1965 - was enrolled as a student-cosmonaut in the cosmonaut corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut Training Center 1^st Division by the Air Force commander-in-chief order (the 3^rd enrollment);
From December 30, 1967 - cosmonaut of the Cosmonaut Corps 2.
BACK-UP ACTIVITY:
October, 1978 – May, 1980 – a commander of the back-up crew for the 1^st test flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft together with O. Makarov;
June, 1980 – back-up to the Soyuz T-2 spacecraft commander Yu. Malyshev;
September 7, 1981 – June 10, 1982 – a commander of the Soviet-French back-up crew together with V. Soloviev and P. Bodri ( France );
June 24, 1982 – back-up to the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft commander V. Dzhanibekov;
June-September, 1982 – commander of the Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft back-up crew together with V. Soloviev.
September 26, 1983 – back-up to the Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft commander V. Titov.
SPACEFLIGHTS PERFORMED:
The 1st flight – November 27 – December 10, 1980, as a crew commander of the Soyuz T-3 spacecraft and the Salyut-6 long-term orbital station together with O. Makarov and G. Strekalov. During the flight the station thermal control system was repaired. Flight duration: 12 days 19 hours 07 minutes 42 seconds. Call sign: “Mayak-1”.
The 2nd flight – February 8 – October 4, 1984, as a commander of the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft and the Salyut-7 long-term orbital station (together with V. Soloviev and O. Atkov) on the program of the Prime Expedition 3. During the flight he performed 6 EVAs of 22 hours 50 minutes in total in order to repair fuel lines of the station. Flight duration: 236 days 22 hours 49 minutes. Call sign: “Mayak-1”.
The 3^rd flight – March 13 – July 16, 1986, as a commander of the Soyuz T-15 spacecraft together with V. Soloviev. During the flight world’s first flight from one orbital station (“Mir”) to the other (“Salyut”) and back was performed. The cosmonauts activated basic module of “Mir” long-term orbital station and performed 2 EVA operations from the Salyut-7 of 8 hours 50 minutes in total with the purpose to deploy and test the extensible truss. Flight duration: 125 days 00 hours 00 minutes 56 seconds. Call sign: “Mayak-1”.
DISCHARGE FROM COSMONAUT CORPS: 1987 - is discharged from the cosmonaut corps because of entrance to the USSR Armed Forces General Staff Military Academy.
AWARDS:
Two medals "Gold Star" of Hero of the USSR (December 10, 1980., October 2, 1984),
Three Orders of Lenin (December 10, 1980., October 2, 1984., July 16, 1986 ),
Order of Friendship (February 21, 1996),
Order of Honour (February 23, 1998),
Medal “for Development of virgin lands” (1980),
9 commemorative medals,
Holder of Order of Legion of Honour (France, 1982),
Order of Sukhe-Bator (MPR),
Medal “The 30^th anniversary of the Victory over Japan” (MPR),
Medal “ The 60^th anniversary of MPR”,
Medal “The cetenary of the Ottoman Yoke collapse” (PRB).
CURRENT STATUS:
From 1995 –Air Force Colonel-General.
RATING: a military first-class pilot (1974), a first-class cosmonaut (1984).
Bronze bust was created in Krasny Liman town., Donetsk region., 1987.

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