Astronauts and Cosmonauts

Anna Kikina

Soviet Union and Russia

Anna Kikina is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut who was selected by Roscosmos in 2012 and is the only female cosmonaut currently in active service there. She made her first spaceflight in 2022, flying to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew-5, the first Roscosmos cosmonaut to launch on a United States spacecraft since 2002. During her stay she served as a flight engineer on the long-duration Expedition 68 mission.

Facts
Birth Year
1984 3
Number of Flights
2 4
Firsts
First in Spaceflight Operations 5
Classification
Astronaut Role
Flight Engineer 1
Dating
Selection Year
2012 2
Connections

Associated With

Source Wikipedia: Anna Kikina

Operated By

Source Wikipedia: Anna Kikina
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Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

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Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Astronaut Role: Flight Engineer
2. Anna Kikina (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Anna Kikina lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Anna Kikina (Q18352451, Wikidata)
Wikidata item Q18352451, P569 (date of birth)
Quote, Wikidata item Q18352451, P569 (date of birth)
1984
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4. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 601 to 700
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 649, Anna Kikina
Quote, Astronaut record 649, Anna Kikina
"name": "Anna Kikina" ... "flights_count": 2
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5. Wikipedia: Anna Kikina
  • Anna Kikina, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    During her time on the ISS, Kikina served as a flight engineer during the long-duration Expedition 68 mission.
  • Lead section
    She made her first flight to space in 2022 to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX Crew-5, the first Roscosmos cosmonaut to fly aboard a U.S. spacecraft since 2002.
  • Operated By: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    She is the only female cosmonaut currently in active service at Roscosmos.
  • Associated With: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    She is the only female cosmonaut currently in active service at Roscosmos.
  • In Group: Mir and Space Station Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    She made her first flight to space in 2022 to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX Crew-5, the first Roscosmos cosmonaut to fly aboard a U.S.
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