Balandin

Aleksandr Nikolayevich

USSR/CIS

International order nº: 229

Russian cosm. nº: 68

Personal data:

Birthdate:	30 July 1953
Birthplace:	Fryazino / Moscow Oblast / RUSSIA
Marital status:	married
Children:	two: Youlia and Aleksei (1990)
Selection date:	01 Dec 1978
Selection groupe:	NPOE-4
Job:	Flight engineer
Status:	Ret. 17 Oct 1994

Balandin Aleksandr

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch	Statuswhile launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing	Duration
1	Soyuz-TM 9	11 Feb 1990 06:16:00 UT	FE PE-6/MIR	Soyuz-TM 9	09 Aug 1990 07:33:57 UT	179d 01h 17m 57s
Total duration:						179d 01h 17m 57s

EVA′s:

Date of beginning	Time (UT) of beginning	Duration	Crew & Remarks
17 Jul 1990	13:06 UT	7h 16m	Baladin and A.Solovyov; station "Mir" - 1st [of 2] PE-6 EVA - Repairing thermo isolation of spacecraft
26 Jul 1990	11:15 UT	3h 31m	Baladin and A.Solovyov; station "Mir" - 2nd [of 2] PE-6 EVA - Searching of the leak in Kvant2 module
Total:		10h 47m	EVAs: 2

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Soyuz TM-8	Flight Engineer

Additional information

Graduatet from Bauman-Highschool in Moscow with a diploma in engineering; was selected as cosmonaut on 01.12.1978 from GMVK (NPOE-4); was backup for Soyuz TM8; working at NPO Energiya.

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