Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

Prokopyev

Yevgeni Prokopyev

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Yevgeni Valeryevich

Russia

Personal data

Birthdate:  09.03.1986
Birthplace:  Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  one
Selection date:  10.08.2018
Selection group:  Selection 2018
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 11.02.2021

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Additional information

Education: Graduated on June 20, 2008 from AF Mozhaisky Military Space Academy with an engineering degree in "Space vehicles and upper stages". Since September 2015, he is studying in absentia in the aspirancy of PJSC "RSC Energiya im. SP Korolev "in the direction" Aviation and Rocket Space Equipment".
Experience: From August 2008 to February 2009 he worked as an engineer for the 1 State Plesetsk Testing Space Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, military unit 13973, Mirny-14, Argangely region following as head of the Section 1 of the State Testing Spaceport of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Plesetsk", military unit 13973, Mirny-14, Argangely region; since March 2012 he served as test engineer for RSC Energiya, Korolev; begin OKP 01.10.2018 but failed in the exams.
Younger brother of Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev.

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