Biography of the birch astronaut

Service and positions in the CPC: on July 6, he was appointed astronaut of the 1st department of the 1st Directorate. Since March 30, he was an astronaut of a group of orbital ships and stations. Expelled from the cosmonauts detachment on October 31 in connection with the dismissal from the Armed Forces by age. At a meeting of the Mandate Commission on February 17, he was recommended for enrollment in the detachment.

From May to July, he underwent general cosmic training.

In the years, the product “Spiral” “50” product was prepared as part of a group of astronauts under the Spiral program. For three months in the fall, he was preparing for the flight program on DOS-4 “Salyut-4” as the commander of the 3rd reserve crew along with Yuri Ponomaryov. From January to June, he was trained as the commander of the 4th crew for the flight at the Salmaz OPS Salyut-5, along with Mikhail Lisun.

From July to October, the year was trained as the commander of the 3rd reserve crew for the flight at the Salmaz OPS Salyut-5, along with Mikhail Lisun. From November to January, he was prepared as a commander of the 2nd duplicate crew under the 2nd expedition to Salyut-5, together with Mikhail Lisun, and used the call sign “Tamir” during the preparation. During the start of the Soyuz shopping mall on February 7, he was an understudy of the ship commander.

From February to July, he was trained as the commander of the main crew under the 3rd expedition program at Salyut-5, along with Mikhail Lisun. The flight was canceled due to the delay in the preparation of the Soyuz KK. In the years, preparations under the program “Almaz” were underway, first as part of the conditional crew along with Mikhail Lisun, and then as part of the group.

In the years, preparations for the testing flight on the TKS as part of the group were held. From February to June, he was trained in a group under the program of the main expedition at the DOS “Salyut-7”. From September to April 22, he underwent direct preparation for the flight with Valentin Lebedev. Call: "Elbrus-1". During the flight, he made one exit to the outer space: the flight duration was a day 09 hours 04 minutes 31 seconds.

From July to September, the year was trained in a group under the program of the expedition to visit DOS “Salyut-7” in the crew along with George Grechko. From September to March 15, he underwent direct preparations for flight as a commander of the 2nd duplicate Soviet-Indian crew along with George Grechko and Ravish Malhotra India. During the start of the Soyuz TK TK, on ​​April 3, he was an understudy of the ship commander.

From September to June, he was prepared as part of a group of astronauts under the training program for the astronaut-rescuer flight on the Soyuz TM ship without a barranding work and evacuation of the crew from the orbital station if necessary. From June 12 to August 12, he underwent direct preparation as the commander of the 2nd duplicate crew for a flight to OK Mir according to the Soviet-Afghan program, along with Herman Arzamazov and since February, along with Abdul Ahad Mamand, who was replaced by Mohammad Daurand in April.

In the years, he was preparing for the training program for the commander of the rescue ship. Expelled from the cosmonauts detachment on October 31, in connection with the dismissal from the Armed Forces by age from the lists of part, excluded on March 13 of the year. The pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR