Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

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Yuri Georgiyevich

Russia

Personal data

Birthdate:  20.03.1960
Birthplace:  Engels / Saratov Oblast / Russian SFSR
Marital status:  divorced
Children:  two
Selection date:  09.02.1996
Selection group:  MKS
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 30.08.2008

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz TMA-5 / Soyuz TMA-4  Flight Engineer  14.10. - 24.10.2004 9d 21h 29m 
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Total  9d 21h 29m 
         

Additional information

Graduated from Military Engineering Academy for Aeronautics and Astronautics in Leningrad, 1982; graduated from Russian Army Military Academy, Moscow, 1995, with an economy-engineering diploma; Colonel Cosmic Armed Forces, Ret. (in 2010); was selected as cosmonaut by GMVK on 09.02.1996; OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 03.06.1996 - 18.03.1998; was since 30.08.2008 deputy center head of the Cosmic Armed Forces.

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