Afanasyev

Viktor Mikhailovich

USSR/CIS

International order nº: 241

Russian cosm. nº: 70

Personal data:

Birth date:	31 Dec 1948
Birthplace:	Bryansk / Bryansk Oblast/ RUSSIA
Marital status:	married with Elena Yakovlievna Kalinoupchina
Children:	two (born 1974 and 1981)
Selection date:	02 Sep 1985
Selection group:	GKNII-2 / TsPK-9
Job:	Test Cosmonaut
Status:	Ret. 17 Apr 2006

Afanasiyev Viktor

Spaceflights:

No	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time launch (UT)	Status while launch	Landing Spacecraft	Date and time landing (UT)	Duration
1	Soyuz-TM11	02 Dec 1990 08h 13m 32s	Cdr PE-8/MIR	Soyuz-TM11	26 May 1991 10h 04m 13s	175d 01h 50m 41s.
2	Soyuz-TM18	08 Jan 1994 10h 05m 34s	Cdr PE-15/MIR	Soyuz-TM18	09 Jul 1994 10h 32m 35s	182d 00h 27m 01s
3	Soyuz-TM29	20 Feb 1999 04h 18m 01s	Cdr PE-27/MIR	Soyuz-TM29	28 Aug 1999 00h 34m20s	188d 20h 16m 19s
4	Soyuz-TM33	21 Oct 2001 08h 59m 35s	Cdr	Soyuz-TM32	31 Oct 2001 05h 00m 00s	9d 20h 00m 25s
Total duration:						555d 18h 34m 26s

EVA′s:

Date of beginning	Time (UT) of beginning	Duration	Crew & Remarks
07 Jan 1991	17:03 UT	5h 18m	Afanasyev and M.Manarov - station "Mir" - 1st [of 4] PE-8 EVA Repair damaged Kvant 2 hatch. Prepare to transfer Kristall′s solar arrays to Kvant.
23 Jan 1991	10:59 UT	5h 33m	Afanasyev and M.Manarov - station "Mir" - 2nd [of 4] PE-8 EVA Mounting the first Strela crane on MIR.
26 Jan 1991	09:00 UT	6h 20m	Afanasyev and M.Manarov - station "Mir" - 3rd [of 4] PE-8 EVA Install support structures on Kvant for Kristall solar arrays.
25 Apr 1991	20:29 UT	3h 34m	Afanasyev and M.Manarov - station "Mir" - 4th [of 4] PE-8 EVA Inspect damaged Kurs antenna on Kvant
16 Apr 1999	04:37 UT	6h 19m	Afanasyev and J.P.Haignere - station "Mir" - 1st [of 3] PE-27 EVA Hand-launch Sputnik-99 amateur radio satellite, evaluation of tools.
23 Jul 1999	11:06 UT	6h 07m	Afanasyev and S.Avdeyev - station "Mir" - 2nd [of 3] PE-27 EVA Install new experimental 6-meter parabol antenna on Sofora.
28 Jul 1999	09:37 UT	5h 22m	Afanasyev and S.Avdeyev - station "Mir" - 3rd [of 3] PE-27 EVA Unfolding parabol antenna on Sofora.
Total time:		38h 33m	Total EVA's: 7

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Description
1	Soyuz TM-8A	Prime crew for planned flight to ensure continuous occupation of the Mir space station. Cancelled due to budget cutbacks and delays with the Kvant 2 and Kristall modules.
2	Soyuz TM-9	2nd backup crew
3	Soyuz TM-10	Exp EO-07 backup
4	Soyuz TM-17	Exp EO-17 backup
5	Soyuz TM-27	Exp EO-25 backup
6	Soyuz TM-32	ISS EP-01 backup

Personal Patch:

Afanasyev path

Additional information:

Officer, Air Force; graduated from Air Force Institute; test pilot; was selected on 02.09.1985 from GKN-2 for Buran-flights; 1988 TsPK-9; OKP: 11/85 - 12/87;

Ref.: #16, #21, #215, #219 - update: 17.05.18