 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Vaviri ava vakatumirwa kunodzidziswa kubhururuka kuYuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center musi wa 10 Ndira 1987. Aleksandrov akanga akafananidzirwa ari kudzidzira splashdown naVladimir Lyakhov naAleksandr Serebrov munaNovember, asi vashandi vakazoziviswa kuti vabatanidze Anatoly Solovyev naViktor Savinykh panzvimbo. Lyakhov naSerebrov vakagoverwa kuvashandi vokuwedzera pamwe chete naStoyanov. Kubhururuka kwacho nechirongwa chayo chesayenzi zvakatumidzwa kuti Shipka, zvichitevera Shipka Pass uko kwakaitika hondo inokoshapakati pemasoja eOttoman neuto reBulgaria-Russian rakaitika panguva yeHondo yeRusununguko yeBulgaria muna 1877. 