Name: Laveykin, Aleksandr Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-2 February 5, 1987 - Soyuz TM-2 July 30, 1987 - Soyuz TM-2

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz Almaz 4
(Cancelled)
Planned Soyuz flight to the fourth Almaz space station
Flight to the fourth Almaz space station was cancelled with the rest of the program in 1981.
1. Soyuz TM-2 Mir Main Expedition EO-02 Crew
Docked with Mir from February 7, 1987 to July 30, 1987
Soyuz TM-14
(2nd Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-11 Crew
Soyuz TM-14B
(Cancelled)
Second Backup Crew assigned to Soyuz TM-14
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.

Spacewalks - 3
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-2 April 11, 1987 Contingency spacewalk to investigate cause of Kvant-1 module hard docking difficulties
3 hours 35 minutes
Soyuz TM-2 June 12, 1987 Install Mir top solar array
1 hour 53 minutes
Soyuz TM-2 June 16, 1987 Complete installation of Mir top solar array
3 hours 15 minutes

Return to Master List One Spaceflight Spacewalkers
Soviet Cosmonauts Mir Program - 1987 / Backup Crew

Updated - March 26, 2006