Nationality Russian Name Anatoly Artsebarsky Other occupation Test pilot Awards First space flight Soyuz TM-12 | Selection 1985 Space missions Soyuz TM-12 Time in space 144d 15h 21m Role Cosmonaut | |
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Born 9 September 1956 (age 67)
Prosyana, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1956-09-09 ) Rank Colonel, Russian Air Force Similar People Helen Sharman, Sergei Krikalev, Toktar Aubakirov, Franz Viehbock | ||
Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky (Ukrainian: Анатолій Павлович Арцебарський) (Russian: Анатолий Павлович Арцебарский; born 9 September 1956) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
He became a cosmonaut in 1985. Artsebarsky has spent almost 5 months in space on a single spaceflight. In 1991, he flew aboard Soyuz TM-12 and docked with the Mir Space Station. Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev stayed aboard Mir while the rest of the crew flew back to Earth after eight days. Artsebarsky took six spacewalks during the Mir EO-9 mission. He spent over 33 hours walking in space.
During his stay, Artsebarsky constructed a space tower for use with a control module. Artsebarsky and Krikalev were almost stuck at the station. They were in orbit during the Soviet coup attempt of 1991. For several days, the political situation seriously jeopardised their position.
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