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Sergei Krikalev

Soviet Union and Russia

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.

Facts
Birth Date
1958-08-27 3
Birth Year
1958 3
Nationality
Russian 3
Notable Mission
STS-88 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1985 2
Connections

Associated With

Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Sergei Krikalev - Wikipedia

Operated By

Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Sergei Krikalev - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Russia

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Soviet Union

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
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
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1958-08-27
  • Lead, sentence 1
    born 27 August 1958
  • Lead, sentence 1 [nationality]
    is a Russian mechanical engineer
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    on STS-88, he helped connect the first Russian and American ISS segments
  • 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).
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Wikidata: Sergei Krikalev
Wikidata Q313815, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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