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Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin | |
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Born | |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Flight engineer |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 184d 22h 07m |
Selection | 1992 |
Missions | Soyuz TM-25 |
Mission insignia | |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin ( Russian: Александр Иванович Лазуткин; born October 30, 1957) [1] is a former Russian cosmonaut.
Lazutkin attended the Moscow Aviation Institute and received a mechanical engineering degree. [1] He was selected as cosmonaut on March 3, 1992. His first spaceflight was Soyuz TM-25, on which he was the flight engineer.
Lazutkin has said that Russian cosmonauts were given cognac for extended missions in space. [2]
Lazutkin was aboard the Mir Space Station when a collision occurred with the uncrewed Progress M34, its supply craft which was piloted by Vasily Tsibliyev while on the Mir. [3] [4] The collision, which is considered the worst in the history of the space age, [4] knocked out the Spektr's solar panels and took the Mir out of its alignment with the sun, also causing it to lose power. [4] It also caused the cabin to decompress. [5]
Quick action by the three crewmen managed to stave off immediate disaster. [4] Lazutkin and fellow crewman Michael Foale quickly severed the connecting cables with the module and sealed off the hatches to the module, saving the rest of the station. [6] Lazutkin managed to successfully cut some of the wires connecting the Mir and the Spektr using a tiny dinner knife. [3] A few days after the collision, Tsibliyev and Lazutkin were ordered to attempt to repair the Mir. Foale was ordered to the Soyuz-TM escape pod. [3] The station was eventually secured safely. [4]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Russian. (February 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin | |
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Born | |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Flight engineer |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 184d 22h 07m |
Selection | 1992 |
Missions | Soyuz TM-25 |
Mission insignia | |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin ( Russian: Александр Иванович Лазуткин; born October 30, 1957) [1] is a former Russian cosmonaut.
Lazutkin attended the Moscow Aviation Institute and received a mechanical engineering degree. [1] He was selected as cosmonaut on March 3, 1992. His first spaceflight was Soyuz TM-25, on which he was the flight engineer.
Lazutkin has said that Russian cosmonauts were given cognac for extended missions in space. [2]
Lazutkin was aboard the Mir Space Station when a collision occurred with the uncrewed Progress M34, its supply craft which was piloted by Vasily Tsibliyev while on the Mir. [3] [4] The collision, which is considered the worst in the history of the space age, [4] knocked out the Spektr's solar panels and took the Mir out of its alignment with the sun, also causing it to lose power. [4] It also caused the cabin to decompress. [5]
Quick action by the three crewmen managed to stave off immediate disaster. [4] Lazutkin and fellow crewman Michael Foale quickly severed the connecting cables with the module and sealed off the hatches to the module, saving the rest of the station. [6] Lazutkin managed to successfully cut some of the wires connecting the Mir and the Spektr using a tiny dinner knife. [3] A few days after the collision, Tsibliyev and Lazutkin were ordered to attempt to repair the Mir. Foale was ordered to the Soyuz-TM escape pod. [3] The station was eventually secured safely. [4]