Yevgeny Tarelkin
Evgeny Tarelkin | |
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| Born | December 29, 1974 |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Space career | |
| RKA Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Captain, Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 143 days 16 hours 15 minutes |
| Selection | 2003 TsPK-13 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-06M (Expedition 33/34) |
Mission insignia |    |
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.[1]
Education[]
Tarelkin graduated from the 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.[2] 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.[3] This was his only spaceflight.
In 2019 he is crew commander in the SIRIUS-19 ground based experiment.
References[]
- ^ "Yevgeni Tarelkin". . Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Tarelkin". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ NASA HQ (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
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