| Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin | |
| Type: | Cosmonaut |
| Nationality: | Soviet |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, USSR |
| Status: | Retired |
| Occupation: | Flight engineer |
| Selection: | 1978 Cosmonaut Group |
| Time: | 174d 03h 25m |
| Mission: | Mir EO-2 (Soyuz TM-2) |
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin (Russian: Александр Иванович Лавейкин; born April 21, 1951[1]) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
Born in Moscow, Laveykin was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978.[1] He flew on one spaceflight, for the first part of the long duration expedition Mir EO-2. He flew as a flight engineer, and was both launched and landed with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-2. He spent 174 days 3 hours 25 minutes in space.[1] [2] Married with one child, Laveykin retired on March 28, 1994.[1]
Launched in February 1987, his spaceflight was intended to last until December 1987, but doctors on the ground determined that he was having minor heart irregularities.[3] For this reason, in July he was replaced by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, who stayed on Mir to the end of the expedition in December.