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Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Лазуткин; born October 30, 1957)[1] is a former Russian cosmonaut.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin
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| Born | (1957-10-30) 30 October 1957 (age 66) |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Flight engineer |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 184d 22h 07m |
| Selection | 1992 |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-25 |
Mission insignia |  |
recorded October 2012 | |
Lazutkin attended the Moscow Aviation Institute and received a mechanical engineering degree.[1] He was selected as cosmonaut on March 3, 1992. His first spaceflight was Soyuz TM-25, on which he was the flight engineer.
Lazutkin has said that Russian cosmonauts were given cognac for extended missions in space.[2]
Lazutkin was aboard the Mir Space Station when a collision occurred with the uncrewed Progress M34, its supply craft which was piloted by Vasily Tsibliyev while on the Mir.[3][4] The collision, which is considered the worst in the history of the space age,[4] knocked out the Spektr's solar panels and took the Mir out of its alignment with the sun, also causing it to lose power.[4] It also caused the cabin to decompress.[5]
Quick action by the three crewmen managed to stave off immediate disaster.[4] Lazutkin and fellow crewman Michael Foale quickly severed the connecting cables with the module and sealed off the hatches to the module, saving the rest of the station.[6] Lazutkin managed to successfully cut some of the wires connecting the Mir and the Spektr using a tiny dinner knife.[3] A few days after the collision, Tsibliyev and Lazutkin were ordered to attempt to repair the Mir. Foale was ordered to the Soyuz-TM escape pod.[3] The station was eventually secured safely.[4]
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