Kizim

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Kizim

Leonid Denissovich Kizim Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 05 August 1941. Birth City: Krasnyi Liman. Birth State: Donetsk. Birth Country: Ukraine. Nationality: Russian. Affiliation: Soviet Air Force. Group: 1965 Air Force Group. Detachment: TsPK-3. Date Selected: 28 October 1965. Date Departed: 13 June 1987. Number of Flights: 3. Total Time: 374.75 days. Number of EVAs: 8. Total EVA Time: 31.60 hours. Comments: Call sign: Mayak (Beacon).

Flight Log

Soyuz T-2 - - 1980 Jun 5 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz T-2.
Test flight of new Soyuz T; docked with Salyut 6. Conducted testing and development of on-board systems in the improved Soyuz T series transport vehicle under piloted conditions. Recovered June 9, 1980 12:40 GMT.
Soyuz T-3 - - 1980 Nov 27 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 12.80 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-3.
Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Tested the improved transport ship of the 'SOYUZ T' series; transported to the Salyut-6 orbital station a crew consisting of L D Kizim, O G Makarov and G M Strekalov to carry out repair and preventive work and scientific and technical investigation and experiments. Recovered December 10, 1980 09:26 GMT.
Soyuz T-6 - - 1982 Jun 24 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz T-6.
Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported to the Salyut-7 orbital station the Soviet-French international crew, comprising V A Dzhanibekov (USSR), A S Ivanchenkov (USSR) and Jean-Loup Chretien (France) to conduct scientific research and experiments. Recovered July 2, 1982 14:21 GMT.
Soyuz T-10-1 - - 1983 Sep 26 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz T-10-1.
Aborted September 27, 1983 19:38 GMT. Unsuccessful mission. Launch vehicle blew up on pad at Tyuratam; crew saved by abort system.
Soyuz T-10 - - 1984 Feb 8 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 236.95 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-10.
Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported a crew consisting of ship's commander L D Kizim, flight engineer V A Solovyov and cosmonaut-research O Y Atkov to the SALYUT-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. Returned crew of Soyuz T-11 to Earth. Recovered April 11, 1984 10:50 GMT. Landed 160 km E Dzehezkazgan.
EVA Soyuz T-10-1 - - 1984 Apr 23 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 4.25 hours.
Installed external equipment.
EVA Soyuz T-10-2 - - 1984 Apr 26 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 4.93 hours.
Began repair of Salyut 7 propulsion system fuel lines.
EVA Soyuz T-10-3 - - 1984 Apr 29 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 2.75 hours.
Continued repair of Salyut 7 propulsion system fuel lines.
EVA Soyuz T-10-4 - - 1984 May 3 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 2.75 hours.
Completed repair of Salyut 7 propulsion system fuel lines.
EVA Soyuz T-10-5 - - 1984 May 18 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 3.08 hours.
Installed solar array.
EVA Soyuz T-10-6 - - 1984 Aug 8 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 5.00 hours.
Repaired Salyut 7 propulsion system fuel lines.
Soyuz T-15 - - 1986 Mar 13 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 125.00 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-15.
Mir Main Expedition EO-01. Epic repair mission. Crew comprising ship's commander L D Kizim and flight engineer V A Solovyov first docked with the Mir orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. Mir then maneuvered 17 April to match Salyut 7 at 4000 km separation, then again on 4 May to catch up. After six weeks aboard Mir, Soyuz T-15 undocked on 5 May, then rendezvoused with the dead Salyut 7 station. Only docking to date by a single spacecraft with two space stations. After manual docking with inoperative Salyut 7, the station was found to be ice bound and without electrical power. Crew repaired the station, regaining power, heat, and environmental control. Removed experimental results left behind by last crew. Undocked Salyut 7 on 25 June, and redocked with Mir on 26 June. Landed 55 km NE Arkalyk. Recovered July 16, 1986 12:34 GMT. No crew ever revisited Salyut 7; it made an uncontrolled reentry over Argentina.
EVA Soyuz T-15-2 - - 1986 May 28 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 3.83 hours.
Installed truss.
EVA Soyuz T-15-3 - - 1986 May 31 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 5.00 hours.
Tested truss structure.

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