Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin
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| Born | (1951-04-21) 21 April 1951 (age 73) |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Occupation | Flight engineer |
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Time in space | 174d 03h 25m |
| Selection | 1978 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Mir EO-2 (Soyuz TM-2) |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin (Russian: Александр Иванович Лавейкин; born April 21, 1951[1]) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
Born in Moscow, Laveykin was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978.[1] He flew on one spaceflight, for the first part of the long duration expedition Mir EO-2. He flew as a flight engineer, and was both launched and landed with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-2. He spent 174 days 3 hours 25 minutes in space.[1][2] Married with one child, Laveykin retired on March 28, 1994.[1]
Launched in February 1987, his spaceflight was intended to last until December 1987, but doctors on the ground determined that he was having minor heart irregularities.[3] For this reason, in July he was replaced by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, who stayed on Mir to the end of the expedition in December.
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