Nationality Russian Role Cosmonaut Status Active First space flight Soyuz TMA-06M | Mission insignia Other occupation Pilot Name Evgeny Tarelkin | |
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Born December 29, 1974 (age 49)
Chita Oblast, Russia ( 1974-12-29 ) Rank Captain, Russian Air Force Time in space 143 days 16 hours 15 minutes Selection 2003 TsPK-13 Cosmonaut Group Space missions Expedition 34, Soyuz TMA-06M, Expedition 33 Space agency Russian Federal Space Agency Similar People Oleg Novitskiy, Kevin A Ford, Roman Romanenko, Yuri Malenchenko, Thomas Marshburn | ||
International space station expedition 33 34 crew interview evgeny tarelkin
Evgeny Igorevich Tarelkin (Russian: Евгений Игоревич Тарелкин; born December 29, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as part of the TsPK-13 group in 2003.
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- International space station expedition 33 34 crew interview evgeny tarelkin
- Education
- Cosmonaut career
- References
Education
Tarelkin graduated from the Yeysk Air Force School in 1996 and the Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1998 before rising to the rank of Captain in the Russian Air Force.
Cosmonaut career
He served in the Air Force until his selection as a cosmonaut as part of the TsPK-13 selection group in 2003, completing basic training in 2005. Tarelkin made his first flight into space in October 2012 as a member of the Soyuz TMA-06M crew, during which he spent six months aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 33/34 crews and returned on March 16, 2013.
References
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