ANDREEV Boris

Andreev was born on October 6, 1940 in Moscow. After high school he entered the Moscow Higher Technical School of. Bauman, who graduated in 1965. He was a good athlete and has actively participated in the Student Scientific Society.

After graduation Andreev worked in the design bureau (KB) The Queen, first as an engineer, then as director of data processing associated with automatic control systems of spacecraft. During this time he learned to speak English.

He was included in the cosmonaut corps in May 1970 and three years later was appointed to the team preparing for the test flight of the Soyuz-Apollo. During the two-course Andreev several times visited the U.S.. With Vladimir Dzhanibekov he was in the backup crew of the Soyuz-16 "in December 1974 and the Soyuz-19" in July 1975.

In September 1976 he was in a support crew of the Soyuz-22 ", and then preparing for the flight of Soyuz 32 / Salyut-6" in 1979 and completed in March 1981 with Vyacheslav Zudov was a backup crew of the Soyuz T-4 ".

Fired in 1983 for medical reasons. He worked as a computer specialist at NPO Energia.

Andreev is married to Tamara Vasilievna, which is as an engineer by profession, and they have a son, Dmitry, and daughter Tatiana.