Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

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Fyodor Nikolayevich

Russia

Personal data

Birthdate:  03.01.1959
Birthplace:  Batumi / Georgian SSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  28.07.1997
Selection group:  RKKE-14
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 13.12.2019

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  STS-112 Atlantis  MS  07.10. - 18.10.2002 10d 19h 58m 
2  Soyuz TMA-10 / ISS-15  Flight Engineer  07.04. - 21.10.2007 196d 17h 04m 
3  Soyuz TMA-19 / ISS-24 / ISS-25  Commander / Flight Engineer  15.06. - 26.11.2010 163d 07h 11m 
4  Soyuz TMA-09M / ISS-36 / ISS-37  Commander / ISS-CDR  28.05. - 11.11.2013 166d 06h 17m 
5  Soyuz MS-04 / ISS-51 / ISS-52  Commander / ISS-CDR  20.04. - 03.09.2017 135d 18h 08m 
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Total  672d 20h 38m 
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Patch Soyuz MS-04 Patch ISS-51 Patch ISS-52            

Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz TMA-8  Commander
2  Soyuz TMA-07M  Commander
3  Soyuz MS-03  Commander

Additional information

Engineer; workes since 1993 at RKKE; graduated from the Moscow Service State University with a Ph.D. in economics, 2001; was selected by GMVK as cosmonaut on 28.07.1997 (RKKE-13); OKP (cosmonaut basic training) until 11/1999; hobbies: collecting stamps and space logos, sports, history of cosmonautics, and promotion of space, reading history, science fiction and the classics.

Personal patches

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Last update on December 13, 2019.

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