Background
Sergey Avdeev was born on January 1, 1956 in Chapaevsk, Kuibyshev region, RSFSR (now Chapaevsk, Kuibyshev region, Russian Federation).
Sergey Avdeev was born on January 1, 1956 in Chapaevsk, Kuibyshev region, RSFSR (now Chapaevsk, Kuibyshev region, Russian Federation).
1962 - 1973 - he studied at high schools №155, №144 and №54 in Kuibyshev. Finished 10 grades of physical and mathematical school with a commendable letter.
In 1979 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), with a specialization in «Experimental Nuclear Physics», engineer-physicist.
1979 - 1981 - he studied at the Marxism-Leninism University of the Moscow Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the faculty of ideological personnel.
In 1986 he graduated from the postgraduate course of MEPhI, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Since June 14, 1979 he worked in the «Energy» research and production association.
He was engaged in debugging and installing the equipment of the gamma-ray telescope «Gamma-1» on the satelite.
According to the decision of the State Interdepartmental Commission of March 26, 1987 was selected as a candidate for the cosmonaut corps of the «Energy» research and production association. On July 3, 1987 by the order of МОМ №261 was appointed to the post of a cosmonaut-tester candidate of the 291st department of the «Energy» research and production association.
From December, 1987 to July, 1989 received general space training in the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Y.A. Gagarin. On July 21, 1989 according to the decision of the Interdepartmental Qualification Commitee he was qualified as cosmonaut-tester. On November 21, 1989 he was appointed to the post of a cosmonaut-tester of the 291st department (of the cosmonaut corps) of the «Energy» research and production association. RPA «Energy», 9th recruitment.
Since August, 1989 he was preparing for a space flight to the orbital complex «Mir» as the flight engineer of one of the backup crews, along with Anatoly Artsebarsky.
From December 5, 1990 to May, 1991 he was trained as the flight engineer of the third (backup) crew of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-12» under the EO-9 program at the orbital complex «Mir» along with Alexander Viktorenko.
In June-July, 1991 he was trained as the flight engineer of the backup crew of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-13» under the program of the main expedition EO-10 and the Soviet-Austrian program «Austromir» on the orbital complex «Mir» with Alexander Viktorenko and Clemens Lothaller (Austria). After July 10, 1991 when the State Commission decided to combine the Soviet-Austrian flight and flight with the participation of the Kazakh cosmonaut, Avdeev was removed from the crew and replaced by Talgat Musabaev.
From October 9, 1991 to February 25, 1992 he was trained as a flight engineer of the backup crew of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-14» under the program of the main expedition EO-11 and the Russian-German program Mig-92 on the orbital complex «Mir» with Anatoly Solovyov and Reinhold Ewald (Germany). During the launch of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-14» on March 17, 1992 he was a backup engineer.
From April 6 to July 7, 1992 he was trained as the flight engineer of the main crew of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-15» under the program of the12th main expedition (EO-12) on the orbital complex «Mir» with Anatoly Solovyov and the Russian-French program «Antares» with Michel Tonini (France).
On February 14, 2003 by the order of the General Manager of Rosaviakosmos he was dismissed from the post of the instructor-cosmonaut-tester Rocket and Space Corporation «Energy» due to the retirement on superannuation.