Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Aleksandr Balandin | |
|---|---|
| Александр Баландин | |
Balandin in 2022 | |
| Born | July 30, 1953 |
| Status | Retired |
| Occupation | Flight engineer |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 179d 01h 17m |
| Selection | 1978 Cosmonaut Group |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 10h, 47m |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-9 (Mir EO-6) |
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.