Anatoly Artsebarsky became a cosmonaut in 1985. Artsebarsky has spent almost 5 months in space on a single spaceflight. In 1991, he flew aboard Soyuz TM-12 and docked with the Mir Space Station. Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev stayed aboard Mir while the rest of the crew flew back to Earth after eight days. Artsebarsky took six spacewalks during the Mir EO-9 mission. He spent over 33 hours walking in space. During his stay, Artsebarsky constructed a space tower for use with a control module. Artsebarsky and Krikalev were almost stuck at the station. They were in orbit during the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 . For several days, the political situation seriously jeopardised their position." Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Anatoly Artsebarsky "A lecture featuring some of the world’s leading figures in space travel was the highlight of this year’s Scottish Space School at the University of Strathclyde. Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Artsebarsky was joined by NASA as