Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev
Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev is a retired Russian Air Force lieutenant general, cosmonaut, and former head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. His two Mir commands placed him in both routine station operations and one of the most serious emergencies in orbital-station history.
- Born
- February 20, 1954
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Privetnoye, Crimean Oblast,Soviet Union
Flights
2
Spacewalks
6
EVA time
19 hours, 13 minutes
In space
381 days, 15 hours, 52 minutes
Bio
Tsibliyev came to the cosmonaut corps from military aviation and was selected in 1987. His first flight, Soyuz TM-17, launched in 1993 for Mir EO-14 with Aleksandr Serebrov and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, and included multiple outside Mir.
His second flight, Soyuz TM-25, launched in 1997 with Aleksandr Lazutkin and Reinhold Ewald. During Mir EO-23, Progress M-34 collided with the Spektr module, forcing the crew to seal off the damaged module and preserve the station under severe power and pressure constraints.
Tsibliyev completed six EVAs totaling 19 hours, 13 minutes and accumulated more than 381 days in space. After flight status, he led the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, shaping the training system for later Russian and international crews.