Yuri Gidzenko | |
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| Born | March 26, 1962 |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 329d 22h 44min |
| Selection | 1987 |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 3 hours 43 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-22 (Mir EO-20), Soyuz TM-31/STS-102 (Expedition 1), Soyuz TM-34/Soyuz TM-33 |
Mission insignia |       |
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut.[1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He has also conducted two career spacewalks. Although he retired on July 15, 2001, he continued his employment by a special contract until Soyuz TM-34 concluded. Since 2004 to May 2009, Gidzenko was the Director of the 3rd department within the TsPK. Since May 2009 he serves as the Deputy Chief of Cosmonaut Training Center TsPK.
- ^ NASA (August 2007). "Cosmonaut Bio: Yuri Gidzenko". Retrieved June 17, 2010.