Date and place of birth:
14th March 1956, Novy Gorodok settlement in Odintsovo region of Moscow province, RSFSR (Russia).
Nationality:
Russian.
Education:
1972 – completed secondary school № 187 in Leninsk (Baykonur cosmodrome), Kzyl-Orda province of Kazakh SSR.
1978 – completed course at Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), speciality “Aircraft control systems”, engineer-electrical technician.
1984-1985 – post-graduate studies at Moscow Institute of Engineers of Geodesy, Aerial Photography and Cartography (MIEGA&C) in the extramural department.
Activities before joining the cosmonaut unit:
Sept. 1972-Feb. 1978 student at MAI.
From 21st August 1978 – engineer of 30th section, and from 1st July until enrolment in the cosmonaut unit – engineer of 151st section of NPO “Energiya”
Service in the cosmonaut unit:
30th July 1980 – by decision of the State Inter-Departmental Commission (SIDC), was selected to enter the cosmonaut unit of NPO “Energiya”.
From 26th Sept. 1980 - cosmonaut-tester of 110th section of NPO “Energiya”.
From 1st March 1982 – cosmonaut-tester of 291st section of NPO “Energiya”.
23rd July 1992 – discharged from the cosmonaut unit on retirement on pension and having served her term.
Space training:
Dec. 1979-June 1980 underwent technical training at NPO “Energiya”
Mar.-Dec. 1981 – underwent general space training in the CTC and trained as cosmonaut-researcher in the back-up crew for spacecraft “Soyuz T-7” together with V. Vasyutin and V. Savinykh, but was soon replaced on health grounds by I. Pronina.
1987 – trained in a group of cosmonauts for flights to the “Mir” orbital complex in the visiting expeditions programme.
Activities after leaving the cosmonaut unit:
From 23rd July 1992 – with RSC “Energiya”, since 2001 as leading engineer.
Social and political activities:
Member of CPSU from May 1984. Is currently Executive Director of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE).
Hobbies:
Skiing, tennis.
Family:
Father – Kuleshov, Dmitri Alekseyevich, born 1928, in military service, served a long time at Baykonur, Lieutenant-Colonel (retd.).
Mother – Kuleshova (Soldatenkova), Maria Mikhaylovna, born 1931, teacher, on pension.
Brother –Kuleshov, Vadim Dmitriyevich, born 1962, mechanical engineer.
Son – Busovtsev, Aleksey Vladimirovich, born 1986, student at Moscow State Service University (Russian State University of Tourism and Service).
Son – Busovtsev, Andrey Vladimirovich, born 1989, student at Moscow State Linguistics University.
Awards:
Has departmental awards.
Please also see the details of our other
Space Explorers visiting Scotland during 2007.
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