| Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin | |
|---|---|
| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 12 June 1949 Moscow, Russia |
| Time in space | 19d 17h 44m |
| Selection | 1997 |
| Missions | Mir EP-4 (Soyuz TM-28 / Soyuz TM-27), ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32 / Soyuz TM-31) |
| Mission insignia | |
| Awards | |
Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Батурин (born 12 June 1949, Moscow, Russia), is a Russian cosmonaut and former politician.[1]
Baturin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1973, and is the former head of National Security; he is also an author in constitutional law.[2] Baturin was also a cosmonaut who flew on two missions.
His first spaceflight, sometimes called Mir EP-4,[3] was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-28 13 August 1998, and landed with Soyuz TM-27. He was a Research Cosmonaut for this mission, which lasted for 11 days 19 hours 39 minutes. His second spaceflight was ISS EP-1, which was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 on April 28, 2001, and landed with Soyuz TM-31. This mission was notable as carrying to first paying space tourist Dennis Tito. For this mission he was designated a Flight Engineer; the mission lasted for 7 days 22 hours and 4 minutes.[4][5]
He married Svetlana Veniaminovna Polubinskaya, (born 1954); they had a daughter, Alexandra Yurievna Baturina, (born 1982), a student at the Moscow State Academy of Law.[6]