Aleksandr Kaleri

Aleksandr Kaleri
Александр Калери
Kaleri in 2010
Born (1956-05-13) 13 May 1956 (age 68)
StatusRetired
NationalityRussian
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
OccupationFlight engineer
AwardsHero of Russian Federation
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Time in space
769d 6h 37min
Selection1984 Cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs
5
Total EVA time
25 hours 46 minutes
MissionsSoyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-3 (Expedition 8), Soyuz TMA-01M (Expedition 25/26)
Mission insignia

Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Калери; born in Jūrmala, Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a former Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space in 2010 and 2011 aboard the ISS serving as a flight engineer for the long duration Expedition 25/26 missions. He has spent the fifth-longest time in space of any person, and the longest time in space of any person not born in what is now Russia.