Manakov

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Manakov

Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 01 June 1950. Birth City: Yefimovka. Birth State: Orenburg. Birth Country: Russia. Nationality: Russian. Affiliation: Soviet Air Force. Group: 1985 Buran Group. Detachment: TsPK-9. Date Selected: 02 September 1985. Date Departed: 01 January 1994. Number of Flights: 2. Total Time: 309.89 days. Number of EVAs: 3. Total EVA Time: 12.72 hours. Comments: BOR Test Pilot, 1985-1987. Transferred to TsPK cosmonaut detachment 1987. Call sign: Vulkan (Volcano).

Flight Log

Soyuz TM-9 - - 1990 Feb 11 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz TM-9.
Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-06. Docked with Mir. Transported to the Mir orbital station a crew comprising the cosmonauts A Y Solovyov and A N Balandin to conduct an extensive programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, experiments on biology and biotechnology and work on space materials science. Recovered August 9, 1990 07:35 GMT. Landed 70 km from Arkalyk at 50 deg 51'E 67 deg 17' N.
Soyuz TM-10 - - 1990 Aug 1 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 130.86 days. Flight details: Soyuz TM-10.
Manned two crew. Docked with Mir. Mir Expedition EO-07. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the crew consisting of the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov for the purpose of carrying out a programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, biological and biotechnological experiments, and work on space-materials science. Recovered December 10, 1990 06:08 GMT. Landed 69 km NW Arkalyk.
EVA Soyuz TM-10-1 - - 1990 Oct 29 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 2.75 hours.
Attempt to repair Kvant 2 hatch.
Soyuz TM-15 - - 1992 Jul 27 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz TM-15.
Mir Expedition EO-12. Russian astronauts Solovyov and Avdeev and French astronaut Tognini were inserted into an initial 190 x 200 km orbit inclined 51.6 deg. Later on July 27 they maneuvered to a 223 x 343 km orbit, and on July 28 docked with Mir in its 405 x 410 km orbit. Aleksandr Solovyov and Sergey Avdeev undocked from the Mir complex aboard Soyuz TM-15 on February 1 and landed the same day in Kazakhstan after six months in space at 03:58 GMT. Soyuz TM-15's flight was an in-orbit record for a Soyuz spaceship - 188 days 21 h 39 m.
Soyuz TM-16 - - 1993 Jan 24 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 179.03 days. Flight details: Soyuz TM-16.
Manned two crew. Mir Expedition EO-13. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station a crew of the thirteenth main expedition comprising the cosmonauts G M Manakov and A F Poleschuk.The Soyuz carried the APAS androgynous docking system instead of the usual probe system. Soyuz TM-16 landed at 06:42 GMT on July 22.
EVA Soyuz TM-16-1 - - 1993 Apr 19 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 5.42 hours.
Began installation of Kvant 1 solar array drive unit.
EVA Soyuz TM-16-2 - - 1993 Jun 18 - Assignment: EVA Crew. EVA Duration: 4.55 hours.
Completed installation of Kvant 1 solar array drive unit.

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