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Vasily Tsibliyev

Vasily Tsibliyev speaking from a podium at Ellington Field, Texas.

Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

Vasily Tsibliyev is a retired Russian cosmonaut, born on 20 February 1954 and selected in March 1987. He commanded two Soyuz flights: Soyuz TM-17, from July 1993 to January 1994, and Soyuz TM-25, from February to August 1997. He was in command aboard the Mir space station when a Progress spacecraft collided with it in 1997. He received the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his first flight. He retired as a cosmonaut in June 1998 and headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center from 2003 to 2009. Wikidata records 381 days in space across his two flights.

Born
20 February 1954
Country
Russia
Flights
2: Soyuz TM-17 (1993), Soyuz TM-25 (1997)
Time in space
381 days 15 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

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  1. Mir in 1997: Fire, a Failed Docking System and a Progress Collision

    Calamine Waffles

  2. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    Classic Aerospace History
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Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

Classic Aerospace History

Duration 45:51

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  1. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 45:51

  2. Mir in 1997: Fire, a Failed Docking System and a Progress Collision

    DocumentaryCalamine Waffles · 21:06

    Mission: Mir Space Station

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