Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Nikolai Mikhailovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 29.04.1953 |
| Birthplace: | Kirya, Chuvash ASSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 25.01.1989 |
| Selection group: | NPOE-9 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 07.09.2004 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-71 Atlantis/ Mir-19 / Soyuz TM-21 | MS / Flight Engineer | 27.06.1995 - 11.09.1995 | 75d 11h 20m |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-27 / Mir-25 | Flight Engineer | 29.01.1998 - 25.08.1998 | 207d 12h 49m |
| 3 | STS-113 Endeavour/ ISS-06 / Soyuz TMA-1 | MS / Flight Engineer | 24.11.2002 - 04.05.2003 | 161d 01h 14m |
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-21 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-25 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Graduated from the S. Ordzhonikidze Moscow
Aviation Institute, 1979, with a mechanical engineering diploma; engineer at
NPO Energiya; was selected as cosmonaut on 25.01.1989
by
GMVK (NPOE-9);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/89 - 1/91; hobbies:
fishing, skiing, picking mushrooms; retired from the cosmonaut corps to become
change flight control officer in
TsUP in Korolyov; in December 2007 elected as member
of the Russian Parliament Duma. |
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