Nationality Soviet / Russian Name Aleksandr Balandin Other occupation Flight engineer Awards First space flight Soyuz TM-9 | Selection 1978 Cosmonaut Group Space missions Soyuz TM-9 Time in space 179d 01h 17m Role Cosmonaut | |
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Born 30 July 1953 (age 70)
Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR ( 1953-07-30 ) | ||
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Баландин) (born July 30, 1953 in Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978, and retired on October 17, 1994.
He flew as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-9.
He worked at NPO Energia until 1994, and was then President of Lendint-Association until 2000.
He was awarded:
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