Today, April 21, 2021, marks 70 years of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Alexander Ivanovich Lajequin.
Alexander Laveykin has completed his space flight from February 6 to June 30, 1987 as a flight engineer of the Soyuz TM-2 spacecraft. During the flight, a lasting 174 day, Alexander Ivanovich made three exits in open space with a total duration of 8 hours of 48 minutes. For the successful implementation of the space flight on the Orbital Research Complex “Peace” and the courage and heroism of the cosmonaut Alexander Laiver Ivanovich, July 30, 1987, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
From 1990 to April 1991, Alexander Laveykin was trained in the group of astronauts under the Soyuz-Rescuer / Buran-92 program. It was in reserve before leaving the detachment in 1994. In 1998, together with Yuri Romanenko and Musa Manarov, he became the founder of the regional public organization of the heroes of the Soviet Union, the cosmonaut pilots of the USSR “Aerososmos XXI century”, is its president.
You can get acquainted with Alexander Ivanovich, by visiting the Moscow Museum of Cosmonautics, where he works since 2007, and listen to the story of his flight and find out how to fly into space, you can right now.
Roskosmos State Corporation Guide, Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yu.A. Gagarin, Cosmonauts detachment, the whole team of the CPK congratulate the Hero of the Soviet Union, the pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Alexander Ivanovich Laweinka with the 70th anniversary and wish him good health, well-being, happiness, success in professional activities and new accomplishments!