Sergei Krikalev is a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who accumulated more time in space than anyone else at the time of his final flight, with 803 cumulative days across six missions. He became known as the last Soviet citizen after launching to the Mir space station in May 1991 on what was expected to be a standard rotation, only to find his mission repeatedly extended as the Soviet Union dissolved beneath him, and he did not return to Earth until March 1992, by which point his home country no longer existed under that name.
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1. Sergei Krikalev (Wikipedia)
joined the ISS's first long-duration crew, Expedition 1, and returned as commander of Expedition 11View the Source 2. Sergei Krikalev (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Sergei Krikalev lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source 3. Sergei Krikalev - Wikipedia
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1958-08-27
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born 27 August 1958
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is a Russian mechanical engineer
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on STS-88, he helped connect the first Russian and American ISS segments
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On STS-60, he became the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on the Shuttle, and on STS-88, he helped connect the first Russian and American ISS segments-becoming, alongside mission commander Robert Cabana, one of the first people to enter the station.
Operated By: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, operated-by
Since 2014, he has worked for Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, where he is a Deputy Director General leading human spaceflight efforts.
Associated With: Roscosmos, Lead paragraph, associated-with
Since 2014, he has worked for Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, where he is a Deputy Director General leading human spaceflight efforts.
In Group: Mir and Space Station Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
He is a veteran of six spaceflights, including two long-duration missions to Mir, two short-duration missions aboard NASA's Space Shuttle, and two long-duration missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
View the Source4. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 101 to 200
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 174, Sergei KrikalevQuote, Astronaut record 174, Sergei Krikalev
"name": "Sergei Krikalev" ... "flights_count": 6
Wikidata: Sergei Krikalev
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