{"id":59,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/astronauts/59/?format=json","name":"Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov","status":{"id":2,"name":"Retired"},"agency":{"response_mode":"list","id":15,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/15/?format=json","name":"Bulgarian Space Agency","abbrev":"SRI-BAS","type":{"id":1,"name":"Government"}},"image":{"id":476,"name":"[AUTO] Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov - image","image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520panayotov2520aleksandrov_image_20181128215016.jpg","thumbnail_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185944.jpeg","credit":null,"license":{"id":1,"name":"Unknown","priority":9,"link":null},"single_use":true,"variants":[]},"response_mode":"detailed","type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"in_space":false,"time_in_space":"P9DT20H9M19S","eva_time":"P0D","age":74,"date_of_birth":"1951-12-01","date_of_death":null,"nationality":[{"id":40,"name":"Bulgaria","alpha_2_code":"BG","alpha_3_code":"BGR","nationality_name":"Bulgarian","nationality_name_composed":"Bulgaro"}],"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.","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Panayotov_Aleksandrov","last_flight":"1988-06-07T14:03:13Z","first_flight":"1988-06-07T14:03:13Z","social_media_links":[],"flights_count":1,"landings_count":1,"spacewalks_count":0,"flights":[],"landings":[],"spacewalks":[]}