Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
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| Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin | |
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| Nationality | Soviet / Russian |
| Born | 30 July 1953 Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR |
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Other occupation
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Flight engineer |
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Time in space
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179d 01h 17m |
| Selection | 1978 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-9 |
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (Александр Николаевич Баландин) (born July 30, 1953 in Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978, and retired on October 17, 1994.
He flew as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-9.[1]
He worked at NPO Energia until 1994, and was then President of Lendint-Association until 2000.[2]
He was awarded:
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Lenin
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
- Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
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