... PRIME CREW . ... From December 1987 to June 1989 he passed a course of general space training. ... In January - June 1993 he passed training under EC-14 program on the Mir Station as a commander of the backup (third) crew. ... From October 1998 to September 2000 at JSC (NASA) he passed training for a space flight by the Shuttle Orbiter under the ISS assembly program (flight 2A, 2A/2B). ... He passed training within the ISS-14 backup crew as the ISS flight engineer and the Soyuz TMA TSC commander. ...