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Victor Mikhailovich Afanasyev (Russian
language|Russian:
Виктор
Михайло&
#1074;ич
Афанась&
#1077;в) is a colonel in the Russian Air
Force, who is also a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A.
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.  He was born
December 31, 1948, in Bryansk, Russia, and is
married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyeva, born 1952. They
have two children. His father, Mikhail Z.
Afanasyev, is deceased. His mother, Marya S.
Afanaasyeva, resides in Merkulyevo, Bryansk
region, Russia. Victor's recreational interests
include football, swimming, and tourism.

==Education==
Graduated from Kachynskoye Military Pilot School
in 1970 and the Ordzhonikidze Aviation Institute,
Moscow, in 1980.

==Special honors==
Hero of the Soviet Union; Pilot-Cosmonaut of the
USSR.

==Experience==
1970 to 1976 served in the Air Force fighting
troops as a pilot, senior pilot and aircraft
flight commander. 1976 to 1977 attended the Test
Pilot Training Center. 1977 to 1988 served as a
test pilot and senior test pilot at the State
Research/Test Institute named after Valery
Chkalov. Victor Afanasyev has a Class 1 military
test pilot certification. He has logged over 2000
flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.

===GCTC experience===
1985 to 1987 Victor Afanasyev was taking basic
space training course at the Yuri Gagarin
Cosmonaut Training Center on the part-time
training basis. He reported to the GCTC and
proceeded to advanced training in 1988. From
February 1989 on Afanasyev was training for a
space flight aboard the Mir orbital station as the
Mir-7 mission backup crew commander.

He has logged 175 flight days during his first
space flight (December 2, 1990 to May 26, 1991) as
the Mir-8 mission crew commander. The mission
program included joint flight with a Japanese and
British crewmember. He performed 4 extra-vehicular
activity|EVAs totaling 20 hours and 55 minutes.

January 8 to July 9, 1994, Afanasyev was
participating in a space flight aboard the
Soyuz-TM-18 transport vehicle and Mir orbital
station as the Mir-15 mission crew commander.

October 1996 to January 1998 Afanasyev was
training for the Mir-25 mission as a backup crew
commander. The mission was supposed to include
NASA-7 and Pegasus (CNES) programs.

From March 1998 he underwent training as the
Mir-27 mission primary crew commander. February 20
to August 28, 1999, he was participating in a
189-day space flight aboard the Soyuz-TM transport
vehicle and Mir orbital station. He has performed
3 EVAs.

Colonel Afanasyev is a veteran of three
long-duration missions. He has logged over 545
days in space, and 7 EVAs totaling 38.55 hours. He
has a Class 1 cosmonaut certification.

Presently Victor Afanasyev is assigned to the ISS
Taxi-1 backup crew.

FEBRUARY 2001

Source
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/afanasyev-vm
.html