Nationality Russian Mission insignia Selection 1996 RKA Group | Time in space 9d 21h 30m Role Cosmonaut Status Active Name Yuri Shargin Other occupation Aeronautics | |
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Born March 20, 1960 (age 64) Engels, Russia ( 1960-03-20 ) Space agency Russian Federal Space Agency Similar People Salizhan Sharipov, Leroy Chiao, Michael Fincke, Gennady Padalka, Roberto Vittori | ||
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Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin (Russian: Юрий Георгиевич Шаргин) is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces.
He was born March 20, 1960, in Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR. He is divorced and has two children.
Shargin graduated from the Military Engineering Academy for Aeronautics and Astronautics located in Leningrad. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Space Forces.
He was selected as a cosmonaut on February 9, 1996.
He was selected in 2004, to be the flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-5 mission to the International Space Station. Shargin was the first Russian military cosmonaut on board and had a secret mission.
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