Name: Viktorenko, Aleksandr Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 4

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-3 July 22, 1987 - Soyuz TM-3 July 30, 1987 - Soyuz TM-2
2. Soyuz TM-8 September 5, 1989 - Soyuz TM-8 February 19, 1990 - Soyuz TM-8
3. Soyuz TM-14 March 17, 1992 - Soyuz TM-14 August 10, 1992 - Soyuz TM-14
4. Soyuz TM-20 October 3, 1994 - Soyuz TM-20 March 22, 1995 - Soyuz TM-20

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz T-10(B)
(2nd Back Crew)
Salyut 7 Principal Expedition EO-03 Crew
Soyuz T-13A
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew for first mission to operate TKS-3 military experiments aboard the Salyut 7 space station
Crew was replaced by a repair crew after Salyut 7 suffered a complete breakdown.
Soyuz T-14
(Backup Crew)
Salyut 7 Principal Expedition EO-05 Crew
Soyuz T-15
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-01 Crew & Salyut 7 Principal Expedition EO-06 Crew
Left Mir from May 4, 1986 and transferred to Salyut 7 on May 5, 1986
Completed experiments left by the last Salyut 7 crew
Left Salyut 7 on June 25, 1986 and returned to Mir on June 26, 1986
Soyuz T-15B
(Cancelled)
Proposed Prime Crew for second mission to operate TKS-3 military experiments aboard the Salyut 7 space station
Cancelled when control of Salyut 7 was lost
Soyuz T-15C
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew to All-Female Crew to Mir
Cancelled due to several reasons (breakdown of Salyut 7, official resistance, etc.)
1. Soyuz TM-3 Mir Visiting Expedition EP-01 Crew
Docked with Mir from July 24, 1987 to December 29, 1987
Soyuz TM-7
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-04 Crew
2. Soyuz TM-8 Mir Main Expedition EO-05 Crew
Docked with Mir from September 7, 1989 to February 19, 1990
Soyuz TM-12
(2nd Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-09 Crew
Soyuz TM-13A
(Cancelled)
Original Backup Crew assigned to Soyuz TM-13
Sergei Avdeyev was replaced by a Kazakh researcher in the final crew.
Soyuz TM-14A
(Cancelled)
Original Prime 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-13
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-10 Crew
3. Soyuz TM-14 Mir Main Expedition EO-11 Crew
Docked with Mir from March 19, 1992 to August 10, 1992
Soyuz TM-19
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-17 Crew
Docked with Mir from October 6, 1994 to March 22, 1995
4. Soyuz TM-20 Mir Main Expedition EO-17 Crew
Docked with Mir from October 6, 1994 to March 22, 1995

Spacewalks - 6
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-8 January 8, 1990 Install new star trackers on Kvant module
2 hours 56 minutes
Soyuz TM-8 January 11, 1990 Modify Mir following Kvant 2 arrival. Perform miscellaneous tasks
2 hours 54 minutes
Soyuz TM-8 January 26, 1990 Test Orlan-DMA space suit without umbilical. Prepare Mir for SPK tests. The SPK or "Cosmonaut Maneuvering Equipment" was the Soviet equivalent of the American Manned Maneuvering Unit.
3 hours 2 minutes
Soyuz TM-8 February 1, 1990 Test the SPK cosmonaut maneuvering device
4 hours 59 minutes
Soyuz TM-8 February 5, 1990 Test the SPK cosmonaut maneuvering device
3 hours 45 minutes

Soyuz TM-14 July 8, 1992 Inspect Kvant 2 gyrodynes. Evaluate difficulty of gyrodyne repair
2 hours 3 minutes

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Updated - June 10, 2006