{"id":59,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/59/?format=json","name":"Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov","status":{"id":2,"name":"Retired"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"in_space":false,"time_in_space":"P9DT20H9M19S","eva_time":"P0D","agency":{"id":15,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/15/?format=json","name":"Bulgarian Space Agency","type":"Government"},"age":74,"date_of_birth":"1951-12-01","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"Bulgarian","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Aleksandrov was born in Omurtag, Bulgaria on December 1, 1951. He graduated from the Bulgarian Air Force Academy in 1974 and obtained a degree in technical sciences in 1983. In the Bulgarian Air Force, Aleksandrov rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.\r\n\r\nOn June 7, 1988, Aleksandrov launched aboard TM-5 as a Research Cosmonaut along with mission commander Anatoly Solovyev and Viktor Savinykh. Upon arriving at Mir, Aleksandrov became the first Bulgarian to reach a Soviet space station, as the Soyuz 33 mission carrying Georgi Ivanov failed to reach the Salyut 6 space station. On June 17, Aleksandrov returned aboard Soyuz TM-4 along with his fellow crew members. He, along with his crew-mates, spent just under 10 days in space.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520panayotov2520aleksandrov_image_20181128215016.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185944.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Panayotov_Aleksandrov","flights":[],"landings":[],"flights_count":1,"landings_count":1,"spacewalks_count":0,"last_flight":"1988-06-07T14:03:13Z","first_flight":"1988-06-07T14:03:13Z","spacewalks":[]}