Space · astronaut
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)
RUSSIAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
179 d 1 h
Spacewalks
2
10 h 47 m outside
Flights
1
1 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
RussianBorn
30 Jul 1953First flight
11 Feb 1990Most recent flight
11 Feb 1990Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Баландин) (born July 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978, and retired on October 17, 1994.
He flew as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-9.
He worked at NPO Energia until 1994, and was then President of Lendint-Association until 2000
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-9 | 11 Feb 1990 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026