Name: Tsibliyev, Vasili Country: Russia M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-17 July 1, 1993 - Soyuz TM-17 January 14, 1994 - Soyuz TM-17
2. Soyuz TM-25 February 10, 1997 - Soyuz TM-25 August 14, 1997 - Soyuz TM-25

Space Flights Descriptions
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.
Soyuz TM-15
(2nd Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-12 Crew
Soyuz TM-16
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-13 Crew
1. Soyuz TM-17 Mir Main Expedition EO-14 Crew
Docked with Mir from July 3, 1993 to January 14, 1994
Soyuz TM-23
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-21 Crew
2. Soyuz TM-25 Mir Main Expedition EO-23 Crew
Docked with Mir from February 12, 1997 to August 14, 1997

Spacewalks - 6
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-17 September 16, 1993 Prepare for Rapana truss assembly
4 hours 18 minutes
Soyuz TM-17 September 20, 1993 Preform Rapana truss assembly experiment
3 hours 13 minutes
Soyuz TM-17 September 28, 1993 Inspect Mir's exterior - Start of Panorama survey
1 hour 52 minutes
Soyuz TM-17 October 22, 1993 Inspect Mir's exterior - Continue Panorama survey. Perform miscellaneous tasks
38 minutes
Soyuz TM-17 October 29, 1993 Inspect Mir's exterior - Finish Panorama survey. Perform miscellaneous tasks
4 hours 12 minutes

Soyuz TM-25 April 29, 1997 Test Orlan-M space suit. Deploy Optical Properties Monitor. Retrieve Particle Impact Experiment and Mir Sample Return Experiment. Install radiation dosimeter
4 hours 57 minutes

Return to Master List Russian Cosmonauts Two Spaceflights Spacewalkers
Shuttle-Mir Program - 1997 / Backup Crew Mir Program - 1993

Updated - March 26, 2006