Alexander Ivanchenko

Astronaut Russia. Born September 28, 1940 in Ivanteevka Moscow region. During the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945 period on the front of my father was killed, in 1947 the mother died. He was educated in the family father's sister Claudia Petrovna Pluzhnikov. After high school he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze. In 1964 he graduated and joined the design office of SP Korolev. Participated in the creation of a new sample space. In 1973 he enlisted in the detachment of Soviet cosmonauts (1973 a group of civilian experts? 9). It has been a full course of general space training and preparing to fly on spacecraft such as "Union". In May 1973, was included in one of the crew being trained for space flight on the Soviet-American program EPAS. In December 1974, was part of the backup crew during the flight of spacecraft "Soyuz-16". During the joint flight in July 1975 was a member of one of their reserve crew, along with Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko. In the future, preparing to fly aboard the space station type "Salute". In October and December 1977 and in January 1978 was part of the backup crews during the flight of spacecraft "Soyuz-25", "Soyuz-26 and Soyuz-27". June 15, 1978, together with Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalenko was launched into space as a flight engineer of Soyuz-29 ". For nearly 140 days of work on board the orbital station Salyut-6 ". Held a large complex of scientific research and experiments. July 29, 1978, together with Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalenko worked in open space. Length of stay outside of the ship was 2 hours 5 minutes. While working aboard the station were taken by two international crew: the Soviet-Polish crew composed by Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk and Miroslav Hermaszewski and Soviet-German crew of Valery F. BYKOVSKY and Sigmund Yen. Returned to Earth on Nov. 3, 1978 aboard Soyuz-31 ". Length of stay in space was 139 days 14 hours 47 minutes 32 seconds. His second space flight made from 24 June to 2 July 1982, together with Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov and French astronaut Jean-Loup Chretien as a flight engineer of Soyuz T-6 ". He worked on board the orbital station Salyut-7 "with the main crew of Anatoly Nikolaevich birch and Valentin V. LEBEDEV. Length of stay in space was 7 days 21 hours 50 minutes 52 seconds. For 2 flights flown in space 147 days 12 hours 38 minutes 24 seconds. After leaving the cosmonaut corps continued to work in the design office.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from November 2, 1978 and July 2, 1982). Awarded 2 orders of Lenin, foreign orders and medals. Hero of the Democratic Republic of Germanskoy. Awarded the Gold Medal Tsiolkovsky Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Author of the book "Million leagues on the planet" (1988).