Alexander Yuryevich Kalery’s first space flight made from March 17 to August 10, 1992 as a flight engineer of the piloted ship “Union TM-14” and the flight engineer of the Orbital Complex “Peace” under the program of the 11th main expedition, the Russian-German Program ” MIR-92 “and the Russian-French program” Antares “. Completed one way out into open space with a duration of 2 hours 03 minutes. The duration of the flight was 145 days 14 hours 10 minutes.
The second flight Alexander Kalery passed from August 17, 1996 to March 2, 1997 on the ship “Union TM-24” and the World Station as a flight engineer under the program of the 22nd Main Expedition, the Russian-American program “World 22 / NASA-3 “and the Russian-French program” Cassiopeia “. Performed two exits in open space with a total duration of 12 hours of 36 minutes. The duration of the flight was 196 days 17 hours 26 minutes.
The third flight Alexander Kalery was performed from April 3 to June 16, 2000 at the Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft and the world station as a flight engineer under the program of the 28th primary expedition. In the process of carrying out the experiment “Plasma Crystal-2” crew for the first time, stable ordered spatial structures were obtained under weightlessness. Flight EO-28 was completing to the orbital station “Peace”. During the flight, the cosmonaut performed one way out into open space with a duration of 5 hours 03 minutes. Flight duration – 72 days 19 hours 42 minutes.
In his fourth flight, Alexander Yuryevich went on October 18, 2003 as part of the crew of the 8th long expedition to the International Space Station as the commander of the Soyuz TMA-3 ship and the ISS flight engineer. He performed one way out into open space with a duration of 3 hours 56 minutes. The duration of the flight was 194 days 18 hours 33 minutes.
Fifth flight Alexander Yuryevich was executed from October 8, 2010 to March 16, 2011 as the commander of the piloted ship “Union TMA-M” and the flight engineer of the 25th and 26th major expeditions on the ISS along with Oleg violin and Kelly Scott. The duration of the flight amounted to 159 days 8 hours 43 minutes.
Honorary titles:
- Hero of the Russian Federation (1992),
- Pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (1992) – I was first the first to whom this title was assigned.
Awards:
- awarded the medal “Golden Star” Hero of the Russian Federation (1992), the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the III degree (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 342 dated April 11, 1997) and II degree (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1858 dated November 9, 2000), Order of Friendship (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1247 October 31, 2005), Order “For Merit to Fatherland” IV degree (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 432 dated April 12, 2011).
- Awarded the NASA Medal “For Space Flight” and NASA Medal “For Public Merit”, Kavaler of the Order of the Honorary Legion (France, 1997).
Classity:
- has a flight of 22 hours at the training aircraft L-39. Made 14 parachute jumps;
- Cosmonaut of the 3rd class (08.24.1992);
- Cosmonaut of the 2nd class (04/01/1997);
- Cosmonaut of the 1st grade;
- Instructor-astronaut test version 1.