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Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944?2013)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov
(
Russian
:
Алекса?ндр Алекса?ндрович Серебро?в
, 15 February 1944 ? 12 November 2013) was a
Soviet
cosmonaut
. He graduated from
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
(1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. He retired on 10 May 1995.
[1]
He was married and had one child.
Serebrov flew on
Soyuz T-7
,
Soyuz T-8
,
Soyuz TM-8
, and
Soyuz TM-17
.
[1]
[2]
He was one of very few cosmonauts to fly for both the
Soviet Union
and the Russian Federation that followed it. He held the record for most spacewalks, 10, until
Anatoly Solovyev
surpassed it. In all, he spent 371.95 days in space. Serebrov contributed to the design of
Salyut 6
,
Salyut 7
, and the
Mir
space stations. He helped design, and, according to a New York Times obituary, "was the first to test a one-person vehicle - popularly called a space motorcycle - to rescue space crews in distress and repair satellites."
[3]
This vehicle, known as
Icarus
, was tested in February 1990, and remained onboard
Mir
for several years but was never used after that.
[4]
Serebrov died suddenly in Moscow on 12 November 2013, aged 69,
[1]
and was buried on November 15 at Ostankinsky cemetery.
He is also known for playing
Tetris
on a
Game Boy
in the spacecraft,
[5]
making it the first time a video game has ever been played in space.
Awards and honors
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]
Asteroid
365375 Serebrov
, discovered by
Timur Kryachko
in 2009, was named in his memory.
[6]
The official
naming citation
was published by the
Minor Planet Center
on 8 November 2019 (
M.P.C.
118221
).
[7]
References
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b
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Советский космонавт Александр Серебров скончался на 70-м году жизни
(in Russian).
RIA Novosti
. November 12, 2013
. Retrieved
November 12,
2013
.
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Joachim Becker.
"Spacefacts"
.
spacefacts.de
. Retrieved
November 14,
2014
.
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Martin, Douglas (November 19, 2013). "Aleksandr Serebrov,69, dies; cosmonaut who persevered".
The New York Times
. p. B10.
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"Four-Time Russian Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov Dies at Age 69 ?"
.
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Martin, Douglas (November 17, 2013).
"Aleksandr Serebrov, 69, Dies; Cosmonaut Who Persevered (Published 2013)"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
February 14,
2021
.
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"(365375) Serebrov"
.
Minor Planet Center
. Retrieved
November 21,
2019
.
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"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive"
.
Minor Planet Center
. Retrieved
November 21,
2019
.