... BACKUP CREW . ... Soyuz-TM crew Commander, . ... In April-May 1987 he was trained as a flight engineer of the third (backup) crew of Soyuz TM-4 under the program of the expedition crew (EC-3) to the Mir Orbital Station, together with V. Lyakhov. ... He flew his second space mission August 17, 1996 through March 2, 1997 as a flight engineer of Soyuz TM-24 and Mir space station under the program of EC-22/NASA-3/and Russian-French program Cassiopeia, together with V. Korzun, C. Andre-Deshaus. ...