Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov

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Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
Cosmonaut
 Nationality Soviet
 Born February 20, 1943
Moscow, Russia
 Occupation1 Flight engineer
 Space time 309d 18h 02m
 Selection 1978 Intercosmos Group
 Mission(s) Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
 1 previous or current

Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (Russian: Александр Павлович Александров), born February 20, 1943) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (November 23, 1983 and December 29, 1987).

Born in Moscow, Russia, he graduated from Moscow Bauman-Highschool in 1969 with a doctorate degree, specialised on spacecraft steering systems.

He was selected as cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. After being backup for Soyuz T-8, he flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-9. He was backup again on Soyuz T-13 and Soyuz T-15, and had his second spaceflight on Soyuz TM-3. All together he spent 309 days, 18 hours, 3 minutes in space. He resigned from the cosmonaut team on October 26, 1993, when he became chief of NPOE Cosmonaut-group; since 1996 he is Chief flight test directorate of RKKE.

He is married with two children.

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