Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Svetlana Yevgeniyena |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 08.08.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Moscow / Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 30.07.1980 |
| Selection group: | MAP |
| Position: | Research Cosmonaut (RC) |
| Status: | Ret. 27.10.1993 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz T-7 / Soyuz T-5 | Research Cosmonaut | 19.08. - 27.08.1982 | 7d 21h 52m |
| 2 | Soyuz T-12 | Flight Engineer | 17.07. - 29.07.1984 | 11d 19h 14m |
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| Total | 19d 17h 06m | |||
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Additional information
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Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute,
1992; candidate of technical sciences degree, 1986, test pilot, parachutist;
aeronautical engineer; was selected by
GMVK as cosmonaut on 30.07.1980; she was assigned as
commander of an all female Soyuz crew, but the mission was cancelled; since
1983 she worked at
NPOE; was elected for the Russian parliament (Duma) in
1989 (re-elected in December 2007); hobbies: Needlework, cooking, movies,
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