Vladimir Afanasjevich LYAKHOV

91 Worldwide / 45 USSR (Russia)

Date of birth: July 20, 1941.

The 1st Space Flight:
• Launch: February 25, 1979 at 11.53; “Soyuz-32”. Commander.
• Docking of “Soyuz-32” with “Salyut-6” station on February 26, 1979.
• EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 01 hours, 23 minutes) on August 15, 1979.
• Undocking of “Soyuz-34” from “Salyut-6” station on August 19, 1979.
• Landing: August 19, 1979 at 12.29; “Soyuz-34”. Commander.
• Flight duration: 175 days, 00 hours, 35 minutes, 37 seconds.

The new world record of space flight duration.

The 2nd Space Flight:
• Launch: June 27, 1983 at 09.12; “SoyuzT-9”. Commander.
• Docking of “SoyuzT-9” with “Salyut-7” station on June 28, 1983.
• EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 02 hours, 49 minutes) on November 01, 1983.
• EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 02 hours, 55 minutes) on November 03, 1983.
• Undocking of “SoyuzT-9” from “Salyut-7” station on November 23, 1983.
• Landing: November 23, 1983 at 19.58; “SoyuzT-9”. Commander.
• Flight duration: 149 days, 10 hours, 46 minutes, 02 seconds.


The 3rd Space Flight:
• Launch: August 29, 1988 at 04.23; “SoyuzTM-6”. Commander.
• Docking of the “SoyuzTM-6” with the “Mir” station on August 31, 1988.
• Undocking of the “SoyuzTM-5” from the “Mir” station on September 06, 1988.
• Landing: September 07, 1988 at 00.49; “SoyuzTM-5”. Commander.
• Flight duration: 08 days, 20 hours, 26 minutes, 27 seconds.

Total space walks (EVAs) – 3
Total time in outer space (EVAs) - 07 hour 08 minutes.

Total space flights – 3.
Total time in space: 333 days, 07 hours, 48 minutes, 04 seconds.

Date of death: April 19, 2018.