Yuri Malenchenko

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Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko
Yuri Malenchenko
Cosmonaut
Nationality Russian
Status Active
Born December 22, 1961 (1961-12-22) (age 46)
Svitlovodsk, Ukraine
Other occupation Fighter pilot
Rank Colonel, Russian Air Force
Space time 514d 11h 59m
Selection 1987
Missions Soyuz TM-19, STS-106,
Soyuz TMA-2, Expedition 7
Soyuz TMA-11, Expedition 16
Mission
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Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Маленченко ; born December 22, 1961) is a Russian cosmonaut of Ukrainian ancestry.

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[edit] Early life

Malenchenko was born in Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad Oblast of the former Ukrainian SSR.[1]

Malenchenko graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School in 1983, and attended the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, graduating in 1993.[1]

He was the first ever person to be married in Space.

[edit] Spaceflight experience

  1. Soyuz TM-19: MIR 16 Commander, July 01, 1994 - November 4, 1994 - 125d 22h 53m [2]
  2. STS-106: Mission Specialist August 08, 2000 - August 20, 2000 - 11d 19h 12m[3]
  3. Soyuz TMA-2: ISS Expedition 7 Commander, April 26, 2003 - October 28, 2003 - 184d 22h 46m
  4. Soyuz TMA-11: ISS Expedition 16 Flight Engineer 1 - October 10, 2007 - April 19, 2008 - 191d 19h 8m[1]

[edit] Marriage in space

Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c NASA (2007). Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (English). National Aeronautic and Space Administration. Retrieved on October 10, 2007.
  2. ^ Cosmonaut biography: Yuri Malenchenko. SPACEFACTS. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  3. ^ Cosmonaut biography: Yuri Malenchenko. SPACEFACTS. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.

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