|  | Aleksandr Lazutkin | |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin
Back-up Flight Engineer for the Odissea Mission
Cosmonaut of Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre
Personal data
Born 30 October 1957 in Moscow. Married with two children. Hobbies are sport and astronomy.
Education
Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with a mechanical engineering degree.
Experience
Worked as a research scientist with MAI. Since 14 November 1984 he worked as an engineer with NPO Energiya.
Selected as a cosmonaut on 3 March 1992.
Back-up crew for Soyuz TM-23 and TM-24 missions to Mir
Spaceflight experience
From 10 February 1997 to 14 August 1997, Flight Engineer of the Mir-23 mission. Spent 184.92 days in orbit.
Currently assigned as back-up Flight Engineer to the 5S taxi-flight crew scheduled for launch to the International Space Station on 28 October 2002.
Last update: 27 September 2002 | 
