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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin

1953 - Today

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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Баландин; born July 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978, and retired on October 17, 1994. He flew as a flight engineer on Soyuz TM-9. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin is the 258th most popular astronaut (down from 243rd in 2019), the 2,172nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,277th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 258 out of 556. Before him are Franco Malerba, Joseph P. Allen, Marsha Ivins, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Robert A. Parker, and Charles Bassett. After him are John L. Phillips, William E. Thornton, Jeanette J. Epps, Ernst Messerschmid, Rodolfo Neri Vela, and Joe F. Edwards Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 419. Before him are Ron Wright, Herbert Neumann, Angelo Parisi, Paulo Isidoro, Reneta Indzhova, and Erich Obermayer. After him are Bernd Dürnberger, František Štambachr, Enzo Trossero, Dominique Bona, Roberto Mouzo, and David Kennedy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 2,172 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrey Petrov (1930), Aleksandr Domogarov (1963), Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967), Zinaida Yermolyeva (1898), Yuri Samarin (1819), and Sofia Muratova (1929). After him are Igor Lediakhov (1968), Mikhail Yefremov (1963), Vasily Belov (1932), Yegor Letov (1964), Igor Akinfeev (1986), and Vladimir Belousov (1946).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ranks 59. Before him are Valery Korzun (1953), Yelena Kondakova (1957), Sergei Avdeyev (1956), Yuri Baturin (1949), Mikhail Tyurin (1960), and Aleksandr Laveykin (1951). After him are Nikolai Budarin (1953), Yury Usachov (1957), Vasily Tsibliyev (1954), Aleksandr Lazutkin (1957), Mikhail Kornienko (1960), and Aleksandr Poleshchuk (1953).

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