Artsebarsky

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Artsebarsky

Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Birth Date: 09 September 1956. Birth City: Prosyanaya. Birth State: Dnepropetrovsk. Birth Country: Ukraine. Nationality: Russian. Affiliation: Soviet Air Force. Group: 1985 Buran Group. Detachment: TsPK-9. Date Selected: 02 September 1985. Date Departed: 28 July 1994. Number of Flights: 1. Total Time: 144.64 days. Number of EVAs: 6. Total EVA Time: 31.80 hours. Comments: BOR Test Pilot, 1985-1987. Transferred to TsPK, 1987. Call sign: Ozon (Ozone).

Flight Log

Soyuz TM-11 - - 1990 Dec 2 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz TM-11.
Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-08. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the international crew consisting of the cosmonauts V M Afanasyev, M Kh Manarov, and T Akiyami (Japan) for the purpose of carrying out joint work with the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov. Launched jointly with the private Japanese company TBS. The Japanese television network ended up paying $ 28 million for the first commercial flight to Mir to put Akiyama, the first journalist in space aboard Soyuz TM-11. Akiyama made daily television broadcasts.
Soyuz TM-12 - - 1991 May 18 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 144.64 days. Flight details: Soyuz TM-12.
Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-09. Carried Anatoli Artsebarski, Sergei Krikalev, Helen Sharman to Mir; returned Artsebarski, crew of Soyuz TM 8 to Earth. Second commercial flight with paying British passenger. Sponsoring British consortium was not quite able to come up with money, however. Flight continued at Soviet expense with very limited UK experiments.
EVA Soyuz TM-12-1 - - 1991 Jun 25 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 4.80 hours.
Replaced Kurs docking system antenna.
EVA Soyuz TM-12-2 - - 1991 Jun 28 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 3.40 hours.
Attached TREK cosmic ray collector to exterior of station.
EVA Soyuz TM-12-3 - - 1991 Jul 15 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 5.75 hours.
Began Sofora girder construction. Sofora mounting platform installed.
EVA Soyuz TM-12-4 - - 1991 Jul 19 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 5.47 hours.
Began assembly of Sofora girder.
EVA Soyuz TM-12-5 - - 1991 Jul 23 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 5.57 hours.
Continued assembly of Sofora girder.
EVA Soyuz TM-12-6 - - 1991 Jul 27 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 6.82 hours.
Completed assembly of Sofora girder.

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