Background
Anatoly Solovyov was born in January 16, 1948.
Anatoly Solovyov was born in January 16, 1948.
In 1964 - graduated 9 years of high school in Riga. In 1966 - graduated from the 11th form at the evening school in Riga. In 1968 - incomplete first year of the Latvian State University. October 1972 - graduated from the Chernigov VVAUL of Lenin Komsomol, specializing in military pilot-engineer.
Since July 14, 1964 - the handyman of the Riga Building Materials Plant in the Latvian SSR. September 10, 1964 - July 10, 1967 - fitter in the worsted production association in Riga. March 14 - August 1, 1968 - fitter in the Latvian Joint Aviation Squad in Riga.
From November 1972 - sent to the commander of the first Special Far Eastern Air Army of the Far Eastern Military District.
From November 27, 1972 - senior pilot of the Special Far Eastern Air Army of the Far Eastern Military District. From November 1, 1974 - commander of 352 separate reconnaissance aviation regiment of the Special Far Eastern Air Army of the Far Eastern Military District.
On August 23, 1976 - on the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force enlisted as a cosmonaut-student in the squad of cosmonauts of the Air Force CTC (6th set). From January 30, 1979 - a test cosmonaut of a group of aerospace vehicles.
September 1, 1984 – August 1985 – a commander of the third (reserve) crew on the program of the Basic Expedition to the Salyut-7 station together with A. Serebrov and N. Moskalenko. July 22, 1987 – a backup man to the Soyuz TM-3 commander A. Viktorenko;
September-November 1988 – a commander of the third (reserve) crew on the BE-4 program to the Mir station together with A. Balandin.
September 6, 1989 – a back-up man to the Soyuz TM-8 commander A. Viktorenko; May 19 – July 1991 – a commander of the BE-10 reserve crew together with A. Zaitsev. March 17, 1992 – a back-up man to the Soyuz TM-14 commander A. Viktorenko; March 14, 1995 – a back-up man to the Soyuz TM-21 commander V. Dezhurov.
Flight 1 – June 7-17, 1988 – a commander of the Soyuz TM-5 crew together with V. Savinykh and A.P. Alexandrov (Bulgaria) on the program of the Visiting Mission to the Mir orbital station.
Flight duration: 9 days 20 hours 09 min. 19 sec. Call sign: “Rodnik-1”.
Flight 2 – February 11 – August 9, 1990 – a commander of the “Soyuz” TM-9 crew and the Mir orbital station on the BE-6 program together with A. Balandin. Performed his responsibilities aboard the station together with A. Viktorenko and A. Serebrov (BE-5), G. Manakov and G. Strekalov (BE-7). Performed two spacewalks logging 10 hours and 31 min.
Flight duration: 179 days 01 min. 17 hours 57 sec. Call sign: “Rodnik-1”.
Flight 3 – July 27, 1992 – February 1, 1993 – a commander of the “Soyuz” TM-15 transport vehicle and the Mir orbital station on the BE-12 program together with S. Avdeyev and M. Tognini (France). Performed his responsibilities aboard the station together with A. Viktorenko and A. Kaleri, G. Manakov and A. Poleschuk. During the flight he performed 4 spacewalks logging 18 hours 21 min.
Flight duration: 188 days 21 hours 41 min. 15 sec. Call sign: “Rodnik-1”.
Flight 4 – June 27 – September 11, 1995 – the BE-19 commander aboard the Mir station together with N. Budarin. The Russian crew was for the first time delivered to the station aboard the Atlantis shuttle on the STS-71 program (the crew – R. Gibson, Ch. Precourt, E. Baker, G. Harbaugh and B. Dunbar). Performed his responsibilities aboard the station together with V. Dezhurov, G. Strekalov, N. Thagard (BE-18), as well as with Yu. Gidzenko, S. Avdeyev and T. Reiter (BE-20). Performed 3 spacewalks logging 14 hours 32 min. Flight duration: 75 days 11 hours 20 min. 21 sec.Call sign: “Rodnik-1”.
Flight 5 – August 5, 1997 – February 19, 1998– a commander of the Soyuz TM-26 transport vehicle and the Mir orbital station on the BE-24 program together with P. Vinogradov. Flight duration:197 days 17 hours 34 min. 36 sec. Call sign: “Rodnik-1”;
