Anatoly Artsebarsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anatoly Artsebarsky

Soviet cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1956

Place of Birth: Prosiana, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: astronaut, test pilot, aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky (Ukrainian: ???????? ???????? ????????????) (Russian: ???????? ???????? ???????????; born 9 September 1956) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. He became a cosmonaut in 1985.
Artsebarsky has spent almost 5 months in space on a single spaceflight.
In 1991, he flew aboard Soyuz TM-12 and docked with the Mir Space Station.
Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev stayed aboard Mir while the rest of the crew flew back to Earth after eight days.
Artsebarsky took six spacewalks during the Mir EO-9 mission.
He spent over 33 hours walking in space.During his stay, Artsebarsky constructed a space tower for use with a control module.
Artsebarsky and Krikalev were almost stuck at the station.
They were in orbit during the Soviet coup attempt of 1991.
For several days, the political situation seriously jeopardised their position.He was awarded: Hero of the Soviet Union Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Order of Lenin Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"