Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev

Tags: Astronaut.

For the journalist and editor see Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev.Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev Russian: Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born December 31 1948 in Bryansk Russia and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyeva born 1952. They have two children. His father Mikhail Z. Afanasyev is deceased. His mother Marya S.

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time in space (μ)

5.79033e+08

birth date

1948-12-31

birth place

Bryansk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

mission

Soyuz TM-32, Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33, Mir EO-8

nationality

Russia

occupation

Pilot (aeronautics)

selection

List of astronauts by year of selection

type

Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center