Aleksandr Viktorenko

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Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko
Born	(1947-03-29) March 29, 1947 (age 74) , Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet / Russian
Occupation	Test Pilot
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Russian Air Force
Time in space	489d 01h 33m
Selection	1978 Intercosmos Group
Missions	Soyuz TM-3/2 (Mir EP-1), Soyuz TM-8 (Mir EO-5), Soyuz TM-14 (), Soyuz TM-20 ()
Mission insignia

Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Russian: Александр Степанович Викторенко; born 29 March 1947) is a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on March 23, 1978, and retired on May 30, 1997. During his active career he had been Commander of Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-14 and Soyuz TM-20. He has spent a total of 489 days in space.^[1][2]

Honours and awards[]

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (10 April 1995) - for their courage and heroism displayed during prolonged space flight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (11 August 1992) - for the successful implementation of long-duration space flight on the orbital station Mir and displaying courage and heroism
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution (19 February 1990) - for the successful implementation of spaceflight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir and displaying courage and heroism
• Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) - for the great achievements in the field of research, development and use of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
• Commander of the Legion of Honour (March 1999), previously an officer (1988)
• Pilot-cosmonaut of the Soviet Union

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