VIKTORENKO
Alexander Stepanovich
Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR
CLASSIFICATION: 62/201.
NUMBER OF MISSIONS: 4.
SPACEFLIGHT HOURS: 489 days 01 hour
35 min. 19 sec.
EVA OPERATIONS: 6.
TOTAL EVA TIME: 17
hours 39 min.
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: March 29, 1947,
the Kazakh SSR (Kazakhstan), the North Kazakh region, Sergievsky district,
Olginka village.
NATIONALITY: Russian.
EDUCATION:
1954 - 1965 finished secondary school
in Sukharabovsk, the North Kazakh region;
1969 graduated from the Orenburg Higher
Air Force School named after I.S. Polbin with a first-class honours degree,
qualifying as a pilot-engineer.
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
August 11, 1965 April 25, 1969 a cadet
at the Orenburg Higher Air Force School;
from June9, 1969 - a senior pilot of Detached
mine-torpedo air regiment 759 of BFAD;
from October 12, 1971 an assistant aircraft
commander a right pilot of Guards naval missile-carrying air regiment
240 of BFAD;
from August 13, 1973 an aircraft commander
of Detached air reconnaissance regiment 15 of BFAD.
DATE OF ENROLLMENT IN COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP
NUMBER, DATE):
May 23, 1978 was enrolled as a student-cosmonaut
in the cosmonaut corps 1 of the GCTC by the Air Force Commander-in-Chief
order (group 7);
from February 24, 1982 a test cosmonaut
of the International Space Program group.
RATING: April 20, 1973 a first-class
pilot; February 17, 1979 an instructor of the Air Force Paradrop
Training (more than 130 parachute jumps, 106 of them were performed at
the CTC); July 2, 1979 a third-class test-pilot;
November 4, 1992 a first-class cosmonaut.
BACK-UP ACTIVITY:
1983 February 1984 a reserve crew commander
on the Visiting Mission program together with V. Sevastyanov and R. Stankyavichus,
but from November 1983 only together with V. Sevastyanov.
September 1, 1984 August 1985
a back-up crew commander of the Soyuz T-14 transport vehicle on the Basic
Expedition program to the Salyut-7 orbital station first together with
A. Alexandrov and Ye. Salei and from March 1985 with G. Strekalov
and Ye. Salei;
November 1985 March 1986 a
back-up crew commander of the Soyuz T-15 on the BE-1 program to the Mir
station together with A. Alexandrov;
January November 11, 1988 a back-up
crew commander of BE-4 to the Mir orbital station on the Russian-French
program together with A. Serebrov and M. Tognini (France);
December 5, 1990 May 1991 a
reserve crew commander of BE-9 together with S. Avdeyev;
May 19 June 1991 a back-up crew commander
of BE-10 together with S. Avdeyev and C. Lothaller (Austria). The crew
members were changed due to the decision made to combine both Austrian
and Kazakh flights;
July 17 September 13, 1991
a back-up crew commander on the BE-10 program together with T. Musabayev
and C. Lothaller;
October 2, 1991 a back-up man to the
Soyuz TM-13 commander A. Volkov;
August December1993 a back-up crewmember
of BE-14 together with Ye. Kondakova;
February June 1994 a back-up crew
commander of the mission to the Mir orbital station on the BE-16 program
together with Ye. Kondakova.
SPACEFLIGHTS PERFORMED:
Flight 1 July 22-30, 1987 a crew commander
of the Visiting Mission aboard the Soyuz TM-3 space transport vehicle together
with A. Alexandrov and M. Faris (Syria) and aboard the Mir orbital station
together with Yu. Romanenko and A. Laveykin. Returned back aboard the Soyuz
TM-2 transport vehicle together with A. Laveykin and M. Faris. Flight
duration: 7 days 23 hours 04 min. 55 sec. Call sign: Vityaz-1.
Flight 2 September 6, 1989 February 19,
1990 a crew commander of the Soyuz TM-8 transport vehicle and the
Mir orbital station on the BE-5 program together with A. Serebrov. Performed
his responsibilities aboard the station together with A. Solovyev and A.
Balandin. During the flight he conducted 5 space walks logging 15 hours
36 min. with the task to test new Orlan DMA spacesuits - cosmonauts means
of movement in outer space.
Flight duration: 166 days 06 hours
58 min. 16 sec. Call sign: Vityaz-1.
Flight 3 March 17 August 10, 1992
a crew commander of the Soyuz TM-14 transport vehicle and the Mir orbital
station on the BE-11 program together with A. Kaleri and K.-F. Flade (Germany).
Performed his responsibilities aboard the Mir orbital station together
with A. Volkov, S. Krikalyov, A. Solovyov and M. Tognini (France). Performed
landing together with A. Kaleri and M. Tognini (France). Flight duration:
145
days, 14 hours, 10 min. 33 sec. Call sign: Vityaz-1.
Flight 4 October 4, 1994 March 22,
1995 a crew commander of the Soyuz
TM-20 transport vehicle and the Mir orbital station on the BE-17 program
together with Ye. Kondakova, U. Merbold (ESA, Germany). Performed his responsibilities
aboard the Mir orbital complex together with Yu. Malenchenko, T. Musabayev,
V. Polyakov, V. Dezhurov, G. Strekalov, N. Thagard (USA). Returned to Earth
together with Ye. Kondakova and V. Polyakov. Flight duration:
169 days, 05 hours, 21 min. 35 sec. Call sign: Vityaz-1.
DISCHARGE FROM COSMONAUT CORPS:
1997 left the cosmonaut corps having
reached the age limit.
AWARDS:
Medal Gold Star of Hero of the Soviet Union
and Order of Lenin (July 30, 1987, for the first flight);
The Order of October Revolution (1990, for the
second flight);
Order of Peoples Friendship (1992, for the third
flight);
Order of Merit to the Country, class III (April
10, 1995, for the fourth flight);
8 commemorative medals;
Legion of Honour officer (France, 1998);
Hero of the Syrian Arab Republic (1987).
CURRENT STATUS: since 1997 Colonel
in the reserve.