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Place of Birth: Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
About Aleksandr Poleshchuk
- Aleksandr Fyodorovich Poleshchuk (Russian: ????????? ????????? ???????, born October 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. Born in Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk region, he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1977 with a mechanical engineering diploma.
- He then joined RSC Energia as a test engineer, where he was occupied with perfecting repair and assembly techniques performed during space flights.
- He has extensive experience in test work under simulated weightlessness conditions.
- In February 1989 he was selected as a test cosmonaut candidate (1989 Cosmonaut Candidates Class, Group 14, Civil Specialists).
- From September 1989 to January 1991 he underwent the complete course of general space training and was qualified as a test cosmonaut, and then till March 1992 he undertook advanced training for the Soyuz-TM transport vehicle and Mir station flight. In 1992 he was selected as the backup flight engineer of the Soyuz TM-15 joint Russian-French mission, and consequently nominated as the flight engineer of the prime crew of Soyuz TM-16.
- In space from January 24 to July 22, 1993, he participated in a 179-day space flight with Gennady Manakov.
- During the flight he performed two EVAs totaling 9 hours and 58 minutes.
- Also testing of the androgynous peripheral docking subassembly of the Kristall module was performed. October 1994 to March 1995 he trained as back-up flight engineer for the Soyuz TM-21 transport vehicle and Mir Station 18th primary expedition flights. Poleshchuk is married and has one daughter.
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