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Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Лазуткин; born October 30 1957 in Moscow) is a Russian cosmonaut.He was selected as cosmonaut on March 3 1992. His first spaceflight was Soyuz TM-25 on which he was the flight engineer.He is married and has two children.Lazutkin was aboard the Mir Space Station when the collision with the resupply vessel occurred. During a personal account of this event he stated that it was clear that the air was escaping from the station.