Anatoly Artsebarsky

Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky (Ukrainian: Анатолій Павлович Арцебарський) (Russian: Анатолий Павлович Арцебарский; born 9 September 1956) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.[1]

Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky
Born (1956-09-09) 9 September 1956
Prosyana, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
OccupationTest Pilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Russian Air Force
Time in space
144d 15h 21m
Selection1985
MissionsSoyuz TM-12, Mir EO-9

He became a cosmonaut in 1985. Artsebarsky has spent almost 5 months in space on a single spaceflight. In 1991, he flew aboard Soyuz TM-12 and docked with the Mir Space Station. Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev stayed aboard Mir while the rest of the crew flew back to Earth after eight days. Artsebarsky took six spacewalks during the Mir EO-9 mission. He spent over 33 hours walking in space.[2]

During his stay, Artsebarsky constructed a space tower for use with a control module. Artsebarsky and Krikalev were almost stuck at the station. They were in orbit during the Soviet coup attempt of 1991. For several days, the political situation seriously jeopardised their position.

Awards

In media
  • Artsebarsky is often mentioned in the 2013 movie Gravity, because STS-135 astronaut "Matt" Kowalski tries to break his spacewalking record.
  • He visited Tehran's Sharif University together with cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev on October 7 , 2019 .

References
  1. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/glove-right-hand-soyuz-tm-12-artsebarsky
  2. Spacefacts


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