Kirill Peskov | |
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Кирилл Песков | |
Born | |
Status | Active |
Alma mater | Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Test cosmonaut |
Previous occupation | First officer for Ikar and Nordwind Airlines |
Rank | Lieutenant, Russian Air Force (reserve) |
Selection | 17th Cosmonaut Group (2018) |
Missions | SpaceX Crew-10 (Expedition 72/73) |
Mission insignia |
Kirill Alexandrovich Peskov (Russian: Кирилл Александрович Песков; born 1 May 1990) is a Russian cosmonaut who is planned to fly on the SpaceX Crew-10 mission in February 2025.[1] In 2018, he was selected as a cosmonaut of Roscosmos Group 17 from the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He has no spaceflight experience. Before joining the cosmonaut corps, he worked as a first officer for Ikar Airlines flying Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft.[2]