Aleksandr Serebrov

{{Short description|Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013)}}{{Family name hatnote|Aleksandrovich|Serebrov|lang=East Slavic}}{{Infobox astronaut

| name = Aleksandr Serebrov

| image = Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov.jpg

| type = Roscosmos cosmonaut

| nationality = Soviet / Russian

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|2|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|11|12|1944|2|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| occupation = Flight engineer

| selection = 1978 Intercosmos Group

| time = 372d 22h 52m

| mission = Soyuz T-7/Soyuz T-5, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-17

| insignia =

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Серебро́в}}, 15 February 1944 – 12 November 2013) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. He retired on 10 May 1995. He was married and had one child.

Serebrov flew on Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, and Soyuz TM-17.{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/serebrov_aleksandr.htm|title=Spacefacts|author=Joachim Becker|work=spacefacts.de|accessdate=14 November 2014}} He was one of very few cosmonauts to fly for both the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that followed it. He held the record for most spacewalks, 10, until Anatoly Solovyev surpassed it. In all, he spent 371.95 days in space. Serebrov contributed to the design of Salyut 6, Salyut 7, and the Mir space stations. He helped design, and, according to a New York Times obituary, "was the first to test a one-person vehicle - popularly called a space motorcycle - to rescue space crews in distress and repair satellites."{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Aleksandr Serebrov,69, dies; cosmonaut who persevered |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 19, 2013 |page=B10}} This vehicle, known as Icarus, was tested in February 1990, and remained onboard Mir for several years but was never used after that.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/news/four-time-russian-cosmonaut-aleksandr-serebrov-dies-age-69/|title=Four-Time Russian Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov Dies at Age 69 –}}

Serebrov died suddenly in Moscow on 12 November 2013, aged 69,{{cite news|url=http://news.rambler.ru/22139702/|script-title=ru:Советский космонавт Александр Серебров скончался на 70-м году жизни|date=12 November 2013|publisher=RIA Novosti|language=Russian|accessdate=12 November 2013}} and was buried on November 15 at Ostankinsky cemetery.

He is also known for playing Tetris on a Game Boy in the spacecraft,{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Aleksandr Serebrov, 69, Dies; Cosmonaut Who Persevered (Published 2013) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/science/space/aleksandr-serebrov-cosmonaut-of-fettered-times-dies-at-69.html |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 November 2013}} making it the first time a video game has ever been played in space.