Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

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Maksim Viktorovich

Russia

Personal data

Birthdate:  24.05.1972
Birthplace:  Chelyabinsk / Chelyabinsk Oblast / Russian SFSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  28.07.1997
Selection group:  TsPK-12
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 23.09.2016

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz TMA-16 / ISS-21 / ISS-22  Commander / Flight Engineer  30.09.2009 - 18.03.2010 169d 04h 09m 
2  Soyuz TMA-13M / ISS-40 / ISS-41  Commander / ISS-CDR  28.05.2014 - 10.11.2014 165d 08h 01m 
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Total  334d 12h 10m 
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Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz TMA-12  Commander
2  Soyuz TMA-14  Commander
3  Soyuz TMA-11M  Commander

Additional information

Graduated from Kachin Higher Military Air School of Pilots, 1994; graduated from Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, 1998; Colonel, Russian Air Force (Ret. mid 2012); was selected as cosmonaut on 28.07.1997 (TsPK-12); OKP (cosmonaut basic training) until 11/1999; hobbies: yachting, tennis, autotourism, computers, sport games, theater, museums, and books; left the cosmonaut group on September 23, 2016 because he was elected to the Duma.

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Last update on April 19, 2018.

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