Aleksandr Poleshchuk

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Aleksandr Fyodorovich Poleshchuk (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Полещук, born October 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. 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.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Cheremkhovo

Education

Moscow Aviation Institute

Awards

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation; Hero of the Russian Federation; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Officer of the National Order of Merit

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-16Flight Engineer · Success · with Gennadi ManakovJanuary 24, 1993

• PE-13 EVA 24h 33m1993-06-18
• PE-13 EVA 15h 25m1993-04-19

• Mir EO-13Mir · Flight Engineer1993-01-24 – 1993-07-22