Background
Vasily Tsibliev was born on February 20, 1954 in Orekhovka village, Kirov district, the Crimean region, Russian Federation.
Vasily Tsibliev was born on February 20, 1954 in Orekhovka village, Kirov district, the Crimean region, Russian Federation.
1971 – high school graduation;
1975 - graduated from Kharkov Higher Air Force Academy named after S.I. Gritsevets with a specialization in «Team tactical fighter aircraft» with a degree «Military pilot-engineer»;
1987 – graduated with honours from the faculty of the Krasnoznamennaya Air Force Academy named after Y.A. Gagarin with a specialization in «Command and staff, operational and tactical aviation»;
1997 — graduated from Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography.
Since December 1, 1975 – pilot of the 296 fighter-bomber aviation regiment (FBAR) of the 626 fighter aviation division (FAD), 61 guards Fighter Aviation corps (FAC). 16 air army in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany;
Since November 29, 1976 – pilot, and since August 30, 1979 - flight commander of the 85 guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (FAR). 16 air army in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany;
November 17, 1980 – sent to the command of the Air Force (AF) commander of the Odessa Military District;
Since November 28, 1980 – air flight commander, since November 28, 1983 - deputy commander of the air squadron of the 161 FAR 119 FAD of the Odessa Military District, Limanskoe village, Odessa region.
March 26, 1987 – according to the decision of the State Interdepartmental Commission recommended for enrollment in the cosmonaut corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut Training Center (8th recruitment);
July 23, 1987 – under the order of the Commander in Chief enrolled in the cosmonaut corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut Training Center to the post of a cosmonaut-tester candidate;
Since August 30, 1989 - cosmonaut-tester of the 1st group.
May 20 – July 10, 1991 - commander of the backup crew of the expedition visiting the orbital complex (OC) «Mir» with the participation of the Kazakh cosmonaut along with A. Laveikin and T. Musabaev;
October, 1992 – January 10, 1993 - the commander of the second crew for a flight to the OC «Mir» under the program EO-13 along with Y. Usachev;
January 24, 1993 – G.Manakov's backup commander of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-16».
April 18, 1995 – January 31, 1996 - the commander of the second crew under the program EO-21 along with A. Lazutkin, and since June 1995 also with J. Blaha (USA).
February 21, 1996 - Y. Onufrienko's backup commander of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-23».
1998 - retired from the cosmonaut corps due to the appointment to the new post.
From June 30, 1993 to March 31, 1994 – deputy chief of the 1st department (cosmonaut training) of the Russian State Research and Testing Cosmonaut Training Center (RST CTC);
February 8, 1995 - under the order of the Air Force Commander in Chief was appointed as the deputy commander of the cosmonaut corps;
June 19, 1998 – was appointed as the deputy chief of the 1st department (cosmonaut training) of the RST CTC;
According the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated April 6, 2000 and under the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated April 11, 2000 was appointed as the deputy chief of the RST CTC named after Y.A. Gagarin;
From 2003 to 2009 – the chief of the RST CTC named after Y.A. Gagarin.
1st flight – July 1, 1993 – January 14, 1994 - as the commander of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-17» and of the OC «Mir» under the program EO-14 along with A. Serebrov, as well as with J.-P. Haigneré, G. Manakov and A. Poleshchuk (EO-13), V. Afanasyev, Y. Usachev and V. Polyakov (EO-15). The flight was extended for two months. During the flight he made 5 spacewalks with a total duration of 14 hours 15 minutes. Flight duration: 196 days 17 hours 45 minutes 22 seconds. Callsign: «Sirius-1»;
2nd flight – February 10 – August 14, 1997 - as the commander of the spacecraft «Soyuz TM-25 and» and of the OC «Mir» under the program EO-23 along with A. Lazutkin, J. Linenger (USA), M. Foale (USA) and R.Ewald (Germany, at the 1st stage), with the crew of the EO-22 V. Korzun and A. Kalery, as well as with the crew of the reusable transportation spacecraft «Atlantis» STS-84 - C. Prekurt, A. Collins, J.-F. Clervoy, C. Noriega, E. Lou, E. Kondakova. During the expedition on February 23, 1997 at the station there was a fire because of a defective oxygen checker. On June 25, 1997 during redocking the transport cargo spacecraft «Progress M-34» his spacecraft hit the complex and this led to the depressurization of the «Spectr» module. Made a spacewalk lasting 4 hours 59 minutes. Flight Duration: 184 days 22 hours 7 minutes 41 seconds. Callsign: «Sirius-1».
