Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

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Yuri Vladimirovich

USSR

Personal data

Birthdate:  09.10.1957
Birthplace:  Donetsk / Rostov Oblast / Russian SFSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  one
Selection date:  25.01.1989
Selection group:  NPOE-9
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 05.04.2004

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz TM-18 / Mir-15  Flight Engineer  08.01. - 09.07.1994 182d 00h 27m 
2  Soyuz TM-23 / Mir-21  Flight Engineer  21.02. - 02.09.1996 193d 19h 07m 
3  STS-101 Atlantis  MS  19.05. - 29.05.2000 9d 20h 09m 
4  STS-102 Discovery/ ISS-02 / STS-105 Discovery  MS / ISS-CDR  08.03. - 22.08.2001 167d 06h 40m 
5        
6        
7        
Total  552d 22h 23m 

Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz TM-16  Flight Engineer
2  Soyuz TM-17  Flight Engineer

Additional information

Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, 1985, with an engineering degree; worked at NPO Energiya; was selected as cosmonaut on 25.01.1989 (NPOE-9); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/89 - 1/91; hobbies: Sports, hiking, video production; continues to work in 291- m division RKKE; since November 2007 commander of RSC Energiya cosmonaut detachment.

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