Sergei Avdeyev
Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev
Born in Chapayevsk, Kuybyshev Oblast, Russian SFSR on January 1, 1956. Married with two children. Selected as a cosmonaut as part of the Energia Engineer Group 9 - March 26, 1987. His basic cosmonaut training was from December 1987 through July 1989. He retired as a cosmonaut on February 14, 2003.
He is the cumulative record-holder for time spent in space with 747.59 days spent orbiting earth, accumulated on 3 separate stays aboard the Mir Space Station. He has orbited the earth an incredible 11,968 times traveling about 515,000,000 kilometers.
Sergei Avdeyev graduated from Moscow Physic-Engineering Institute in 1979. He is an engineer-physicist. From 1979 to 1987 he worked as an engineer for NPO Energiya. His hobbies include; nuclear physics, sports, and games. He is also an Amateur radio operator, his call sign is RV3DW.
Record Holder for Total Time In Space
747-days, 14-hours, 14-minutes, 9-seconds
Spaceflights
- Soyuz TM-15 - July 27, 1992 to February 1, 1993 - 188-days, 21-hours, 41-minutes, 15-seconds
- Soyuz TM-22 - September 3, 1995 to February 29, 1996 - 179-days, 1-hour, 41-minutes, 45-seconds
- Soyuz TM-28 - Soyuz TM-29 - August 13, 1998 to August 28, 1999 - 379-days, 14-hours, 51-minutes, 9-seconds
Spacewalks 42-hours 2-minutes
- 1. MIR EO-12 - September 3, 1992 - 3-hours, 56-minutes
- 2. MIR EO-12 - September 7, 1992 - 5-hours, 8-minutes
- 3. MIR EO-12 - September 11, 1992 - 5-hours, 44-minutes
- 4. MIR EO-12 - September 15, 1992 - 3-hours, 33-minutes
- 5. MIR E0-20 - October 20, 1995 - 5-hours, 11-minutes
- 6. MIR EO-20 - December 8, 1995 - 0-hours, 37-minutes
- 7. MIR EO-26 - September 15, 1998 - 0-hours, 30-minutes
- 8. MIR EO-26 - November 17, 1998 - 5-hours, 54-minutes
- 9. MIR EO-27 - July 23, 1999 - 6-hours, 7-minutes
- 10. MIR EO-27 - July 28, 1999 - 5-hours, 22-minutes
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