{"id":277,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/277/?format=json","name":"Aleksandr Viktorenko","status":{"id":11,"name":"Deceased"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"agency":{"id":63,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=json","name":"Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)","type":"Government"},"date_of_birth":"1947-03-29","date_of_death":"2023-08-10","nationality":"Russian","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Александр Степанович Викторенко) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was born in Olginka, North-Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakh SSR on March 29, 1947. He is married with two children.\r\n\r\nHe was selected as a cosmonaut on March 23, 1978, and retired on May 30, 1997. During his active career he had been Commander of Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-14 and Soyuz TM-20. He has spent a total of 489 days in space.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520viktorenko_image_20181201224005.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190219.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Viktorenko","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"1994-10-03T22:42:30Z","first_flight":"1987-07-22T01:59:17Z"}