What is Aleksandr Viktorenko?
{{Infobox astronaut | image = | name =Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko | type =Cosmonaut | nationality =[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] / Russian | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1947|3|29}} | birth_place =[[Olginka]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | occupation =[[Test pilot|Test Pilot]] | rank =[[Colonel]], [[Russian Air Force]] | selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#1978|1978 Intercosmos Group]] | time =489d 01h 33m | mission =[[Mir EP-1]] ([[Soyuz TM-3]] / [[Soyuz TM-2]]), [[Soyuz TM-8]], [[Soyuz TM-14]], [[Soyuz TM-20]] | insignia =[[File:Soyuz_TM-3_mission_patch.svg|40px]][[File:Soyuz TM-14 patch.png|40px]] [[File:Soyuz TM-20 patch.png|40px]] |}} '''Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko''' (born March 29, 1947) is a former Soviet [[cosmonaut]]. He was born in [[Olginka]], [[North Kazakhstan|North-Kazakhstan Oblast]], [[Kazakh SSR]] on March 29, 1947.<ref name=astro>{{cite web |url= http://www.astronautix.com/astros/vikrenko.htm |title=Viktorenko |work=astronautix.com |year=2011 |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> He is married with two children. He was selected as an cosmonaut on March 23, 1978, and retired on May 30, 1997. During his career he was Commander of [[Soyuz TM-3]], [[Soyuz TM-8]], [[Soyuz TM-14]].<ref name=astro/> He spent a total of 489 days in space,<ref name=astro/> including 19 hours and 33 minutes working outside the spacecraft.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.spacefacts.de/eva/cosmonauts/english/viktorenko_aleksandr.htm |title=Aleksandr Viktorenko - EVA experience |work=spacefacts.de |year=2010|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>/ ==Honours and awards== * [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] * [[Order of Merit for the Fatherland]], 3rd class {10 April 1995} - for courage and heroism during the long space flight on the orbital scientific research spacecraft ''Mir'' * [[Order of Friendship of Peoples]] {11 August 1992} - for the spaceflight on the orbital scientific research spacecraft ''Mir'' and showing courage and heroism. * [[Ord