NAME: Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko
(Colonel, Russian Air Force)
Test Cosmonaut
Yuri A. GAGARIN Cosmonaut Training Center
PERSONAL
DATA: Born Dec. 22, 1961 in Svetlovodsk,
Kirovograd Region, Ukraine.
EDUCATION: Graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School in 1983,
and from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in 1993.
HONORS: Awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal, the
National Hero of Kazakhstan medal, Military award of excellence, Meritorious
Service medals (3), Commendation medal, Achievement medal, Medal "70 years of
the Soviet Armed Forces".
EXPERIENCE: After graduation from the Military Aviation School, he
served as a pilot, senior pilot and multi-ship flight lead from 1983 till 1987 in
the Odessa Region. In 1987 he was selected as a cosmonaut, and arrived at the
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. From Dec. 1987 to June 1989 he underwent a
course of general space training.
After
completion of the course, Malenchenko was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. In
Sept. 1989 – Dec. 1993 he was taking advanced training courses getting ready
for spaceflight. In Jan.-July, 1993 Malenchenko trained as commander of the
Mir-14 reserve crew. In July 1993 – Jan. 1994 he completed training as a backup
commander of the Mir-15 crew. In Feb. – June 1994 he trained for the Mir-16
mission.
SPACE
FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Malenchenko completed his first
126-day spaceflight in July 1 – Nov. 4, 1994 on the Soyuz TM-14 vehicle and the
Mir station (Mir-16 mission). The mission included spaceflight of Ulf Merbold,
an ESA astronaut as part of the EuroMir program. Malenchenko completed two
spacewalks that lasted 11 hours and 7 minutes total. He performed the first
manual docking of the Mir station with the Progress M-24 vehicle in the
teleoperator mode. Since Oct. 1998 till Sept. 2000 Malenchenko trained at NASA
for a Shuttle spaceflight (2A, later 2A.2B).
Malenchenko served
on the crew of STS-106 preparing the International
Space Station for the arrival of the first permanent crew. The five
astronauts and two cosmonauts delivered more than 6,600 pounds of supplies and
installed batteries, power converters, a toilet and a treadmill on the Space
Station. Yuri Malenchenko and Ed Lu performed a 6 hour and 14 minute space walk
in order to connect power, data and communications cables to the newly arrived
Zvezda Service Module and the Space Station.
Since Jan.
2001 he trained as a commander of
the ISS 7 prime crew. Malenchenko completed his third spaceflight (with
NASA astronaut Ed Lu) as an ISS 7 crew and Soyuz TMA commander. The flight
lasted from April 26 till Oct. 27, 2003, with a total duration of 185 days.
Since Nov.
2003 till Sept. 2005 Malenchenko trained with a group of test-cosmonauts.
Since Oct.
2005 till Oct. 2006 he trained as a flight engineer of the ISS 14 crew and
Soyuz commander.
In Oct. 2006
he started training as an ISS 16 crew
flight engineer and Soyuz commander that is scheduled to launch to the ISS
in Oct. 2007.
Last Updated: July 2007
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