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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (1953) has flown to space once, spending 179.1 days off Earth in total. Nationality: Soviet Union. First flight: Soyuz TM-9, 1990.

Soviet Union1 spaceflights179.1 days in space

Spaceflights

Feb 11, 1990
Soyuz TM-9Soyuz-U2 · Baikonur

Career

Nationality
Soviet Union
Born
1953
Occupation
engineer, astronaut, flight engineer

In space

Spaceflights
1
Time in space
179.05 days
First flight
February 11, 1990
Education
Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Awards (Wikidata)
5: Order of Lenin; Hero of the Soviet Union; Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR…

Source: Wikidata Q725659 (CC0): spaceflights, time in space, citizenship, employer, astronaut group, service, education and awards. Only public professional facts are shown.