![]() Titov and Strekalov were next on what is now known as the Soyuz T-10-1 or T-10a mission, on September 27, 1983. During the final approach, which was made in darkness, he had to abort the rendezvous to avoid a crash, and no further attempts were made before the crew returned to Earth after a flight lasting just two days and seventeen minutes. Titov attempted a rendezvous using only an optical sight and ground radar inputs for guidance. Titov was supposed to dock the Soyuz with the Salyut space station, but once in orbit, the Soyuz rendezvous radar antenna failed to deploy properly. He and Strekalov had been specifically trained to repair the faulty Salyut 7 solar array (Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov was also on the flight). Titov made his first space flight on April 20, 1983, as Commander of Soyuz T-8. He has spent over 387 days in space and logged a total of thirteen hours and 47 minutes of Extravehicular Activities (EVAs). He stayed aboard the Mir space station for 365 days in 19 and flew on two shuttle flights in the 1990s. Titov commanded Soyuz T-8 and the abortive Soyuz T-10 mission, both in 1983, as well as Soyuz TM-4 in 1987. The two men were the back-up crew for Soyuz T-5 in 1982, and Soyuz T-9 in 1983. Vladimir Titov was selected to join the cosmonaut team in 1976, and in September 1981, was paired with cosmonaut Gennadi Strekalov. He has flown ten different types of aircraft, has logged more than 1,400 hours flying time, and holds the qualifications of Military Pilot, First Class, and Test Pilot, Third Class. He later was a flight commander with the air regiment where the cosmonauts carried out flying practice. He graduated from secondary school in 1965, from the Higher Air Force College in Chernigov, Ukraine in 1970, and from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1987.įrom 1970 until 1974, Titov served at the Higher Air Force College as a pilot instructor. ![]() ![]() Vladimir Titov was born on January 1, 1947, in Sretensk, in the Chita Region of Russia.
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