Yuri Gidzenko

Yuri Gidzenko
Born (1962-03-26) March 26, 1962 (age 62)
StatusRetired
NationalityRussian
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Time in space
329d 22h 44min
Selection1987
Total EVAs
2
Total EVA time
3 hours 43 minutes
MissionsSoyuz 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.

  1. ^ NASA (August 2007). "Cosmonaut Bio: Yuri Gidzenko". Retrieved June 17, 2010.