Name: Kaleri, Aleksandr Country: Russia M/F: M Number of Flights: 4

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-14 March 17, 1992 - Soyuz TM-14 August 10, 1992 - Soyuz TM-14
2. Soyuz TM-24 August 17, 1996 - Soyuz TM-24 March 2, 1997 - Soyuz TM-24
3. Soyuz TM-30 April 4, 2000 - Soyuz TM-30 June 16, 2000 - Soyuz TM-30
4. ISS Crew 8 October 18, 2003 - Soyuz TMA-3 April 30, 2004 - Soyuz TMA-3

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz TM-4
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-03 Crew
Soyuz TM-11
(2nd Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-08 Crew
Soyuz TM-12
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-09 Crew
Soyuz TM-13A
(Cancelled)
Original Prime Crew assigned to Soyuz TM-13
Soyuz TM-13 and Soyuz TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. Aleksandr Kaleri was replaced by a Kazakh researcher in the final crew.
1. Soyuz TM-14 Mir Main Expedition EO-11 Crew
Docked with Mir from March 19, 1992 to August 10, 1992
2. Soyuz TM-24 Mir Main Expedition EO-22 Crew
Docked with Mir from August 19, 1996 to March 2, 1997
Soyuz TM-28
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-25 Crew
3. Soyuz TM-30 Mir Main Expedition EO-28 Crew
Docked with Mir from April 6, 2000 to June 16, 2000 - Financed by MirCorp.
ISS Crew 5
(Backup Crew)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 5
ISS Crew 7A
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 7A
Following the loss of Columbia, Michael Foale joined with Aleksandr Kaleri to form the new ISS "Caretaker" Crew 8.
ISS Crew 7
(Backup Crew)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 7
4. ISS Crew 8 ISS "Alpha" Expedition "Caretaker" Crew 8 (ISS Crew Transfer Flight 7S)
Docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on October 20, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-3
Returned to Earth on April 30, 2004 aboard Soyuz TMA-3

Spacewalks - 5
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-14 July 8, 1992 Inspect Kvant 2 gyrodynes. Evaluate difficulty of gyrodyne repair
2 hours 3 minutes

Soyuz TM-24 December 2, 1996 Install Mir Cooperative Solar Array cables. Move Rapana truss
5 hours 57 minutes
Soyuz TM-24 December 9, 1996 Attach Kurs rendezvous radar antenna to Docking Module
6 hours 36 minutes

Soyuz TM-30 May 12, 2000 Inspect Mir's exterior. Test new space glue
4 hours 52 minutes

ISS Crew 8 February 26, 2004 International Space Station Assembly - Exchange science experiment containers. Install new radiation monitor
3 hours 55 minutes

Return to Master List Russian Cosmonauts Four Spaceflights Spacewalkers
Shuttle-Mir Program - 1996 / Backup Crew Mir Program - 1992 / 2000
International Space Station Program - Backup Crew / Phase III - 2003 / Exp.-Crew

Updated - March 26, 2006