- Alexander Poleshchuk
Infobox Astronaut
name =Alexander Fedorovich Poleschuk
type =Cosmonaut
nationality =Russia n
date_birth =October 30 1953
place_birth =Cheremkhovo ,Russia
occupation =Flight engineer
rank =Captain ,Russian Air Force
selection =1989
time =179d 00h 43m
mission =Soyuz TM-16
insignia =|Alexander Fedorovich Poleschuk (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Полещук, born
October 30 1953 ) is aRussia ncosmonaut .Born in
Cheremkhovo ,Irkutsk region , he graduated from theMoscow Aviation Institute in 1977 with a mechanical engineering diploma. He then joinedRSC Energia as a test engineer, where he was occupied with perfecting repair and assembly techniques performed during space flights. He has extensive experience in test work under simulated weightlessness conditions. In February 1989 he was selected as a test cosmonaut candidate (1989 Cosmonaut Candidates Class, Group 14, Civil Specialists). From September 1989 to January1991 he underwent the complete course of general space training and was qualified as a test cosmonaut, and then till March 1992 he undertook advanced training for the Soyuz-TM transport vehicle andMir station flight.In 1992 he was selected as the backup flight engineer of the
Soyuz TM-15 joint Russian-French mission, and consequently nominated as the flight engineer of the prime crew ofSoyuz TM-16 . In space fromJanuary 24 toJuly 22 ,1993 , he participated in a 179-day space flight withGennady Manakov . During the flight he performed two EVAs totaling 9 hours and 58 minutes. Also testing of the androgynous peripheral docking subassembly of the Kristall module was performed.October 1994 to March
1995 he trained as back-up flight engineer for theSoyuz TM-21 transport vehicle and Mir Station 18th primary expedition flights.Poleshchuk is married and has one daughter.
External links
* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/poleshch.html Biography at NASA]
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