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Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer, former cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko for the most time spent in space: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes.Krikalev was stranded on board the Mir during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As the country that had sent him into space no longer existed, his return was delayed and he stayed in space for 311 consecutive days, twice as long as the mission had originally called for.He retired as a cosmonaut in 2007 and was working as vice president of Space Corporation Energia. From 2009 to 2014, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Krikalev was born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). He enjoyed swimming, skiing, cycling, aerobatic flying, and amateur radio operations, particularly from space (callsign U5MIR). He graduated from high school in 1975. In 1981, he received a mechanical engineering degree from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute, now called Baltic State Technical University.
After graduation in 1981, he joined NPO Energia, the Russian industrial organization responsible for crewed space flight activities. He tested space flight equipment, developed space operations methods, and participated in ground control operations. When the Salyut 7 space station failed in 1985, he worked on the rescue mission team, developing procedures for docking with the uncontrolled station and repairing the station's on-board system.
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GenderMale
Birthday1958-08-27 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
CitizenshipsRussia, Soviet Union
AwardsOrder of Lenin, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Order of the Rising Sun, Hero of the Russian Federation, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Gold Star, St. Petersburg awards, Officer of the Legion of Honour, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg, NASA Space Flight Medal, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Order of Honour, NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg", Gold Star medal, Master of Sport of the USSR
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