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Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev
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Born | (1954-02-20) 20 February 1954 (age 70) |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Pilot |
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Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Rank | Lieutenant General, Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 381d 15h 52m |
Selection | 1987 |
Missions | Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-25 |
Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev (Russian: Василий Василиевич Циблиев); born on February 20, 1954) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
He was selected as a cosmonaut on March 26, 1987. Tsibliyev flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-17 from July 1, 1993, to January 14, 1994, and on Soyuz TM-25 from February 2, 1997, to August 14 of the same year. He retired as a cosmonaut on June 19, 1998.
From 2003 to 2009, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Tsibliyev is married with two children.
Tsibliyev was the commander in charge of Mir when it was hit by a Progress spacecraft in 1997.