Oleg Kononenko

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Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko
Oleg Kononenko
RKA Cosmonaut
Nationality Russian
Status Active
Born July 21, 1964 (1964-07-21) (age 43)
Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR
Other occupation Engineer
Rank Civilian
Selection 1996 RKA Group
Missions Soyuz TMA-12, Expedition 17

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко) was born June 21, 1964, in Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR.

Currently, Kononenko is the Flight Engineer 1 on both the Expedition 17 mission to the International Space Station and the Soyuz TMA-12 mission that brought him there. His mission was launched on 8 April 2008 and is scheduled to last to October of that year.

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