- Anatoly Artsebarsky
Infobox Astronaut
name =Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky
type =Cosmonaut
nationality =Soviet / Ukranian
date_birth =September 9 ,1956
place_birth =Prosyanaya ,Ukrainian SSR
occupation =Test Pilot
rank =Colonel ,Russian Air Force
selection =1985
time =144d 15h 21m
mission =Soyuz TM-12 , Mir EO-9
insignia =(>'.')> |Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky ( _ru. Анатолий Павлович Арцебарский; born
September 9 ,1956 ) is a Sovietcosmonaut of Ukrainian descent.He became a cosmonaut in 1985. Artsebarsky has spent almost 5 months in space on a single spaceflight. In 1991, he flew aboard
Soyuz TM-12 and docked with theMir Space Station. Artsebarsky andSergei Krikalev stayed aboard Mir while the rest of the crew flew back to Earth after eight days. Artsebarsky took six spacewalks during the Mir EO-9 mission. He spent over 33 hours walking in space.During his stay, Artsebarsky constructed a space tower for use with a control module. Artsebarsky and Krikalev were almost stuck at the station. They were in orbit during the
Soviet coup attempt of 1991 . For several days, the political situation seriously jeopardised their position.Fact|date=March 2007
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