Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1953-07-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
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.
He worked at NPO Energia until 1994, and was then President of Lendint-Association until 2000
