Aleksandr Gorbunov

Aleksandr Gorbunov
Александр Горбунов
Gorbunov in 2023
Born
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov

(1990-05-24) 24 May 1990 (age 34)
StatusActive
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Current occupation
Test cosmonaut
Previous occupation
Design engineer for Energia
RankLieutenant, Russian Air Force (reserve)
Time in space
40 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes [refresh]
(currently in space)
Selection17th Cosmonaut Group (2018)
MissionsSpaceX Crew-9 (Expedition 72)
Mission insignia

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Горбунов; born 24 May 1990) is a Russian cosmonaut. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Gorbunov studied engineering at the Moscow Aviation Institute.

He a lieutenant in the Air Force reserve of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces and worked as an engineer for Energia, supporting cargo spacecraft launches.

He was selected to join the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps in 2018. He is currently on his first flight to space, having launched on SpaceX Crew-9 in September 2024 and serving as a flight engineer on the International Space Station during Expedition 72.

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