Salishan Shakirovich Sharipov
Salishan Sharipov | |
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Country: | Russia |
Organization: | Roscosmos |
selected on | May 11, 1990 |
Calls: | 2 space flights |
Start of the first space flight: |
January 23, 1998 |
Landing of the last space flight: |
April 24, 2005 |
Time in space: | 201d 14h 50min |
EVA inserts: | 2 |
EVA total duration: | 9h 58min |
retired on | July 18, 2008 |
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Salischan Schakirovič Sharipov ( Russian Салижан Шакирович Шарипов , scientific transliteration Saližan Šakirovič Šaripov ; born August 24, 1964 in Ösgön , Osch Oblast , Kyrgyz SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian cosmon .
Sharipov attended the Higher Military Aviation School "Sergei Gretsevets" in Kharkiv , which he graduated in 1987 with a diploma in tactical aerial combat. He then worked as a pilot instructor.
In May 1990 he was accepted into the Soviet cosmonaut program as a test cosmonaut and took part in two space flights:
- 23–31 January 1998, as a "mission specialist" with the STS-89
- October 14, 2004 - April 24, 2005, as a flight engineer with the Soyuz TMA-5 and the ISS-10
From October 2005 to May 2006, Sharipov served as Director of Operations for the Russian Space Agency at the Johnson Space Center in Houston . On July 18, 2008, he retired from the program.
He and his wife Nadezhda have two children.
Web links
- Short biography of Salischan Schakirowitsch Scharipow at spacefacts.de
- Biography of Salischan Shakirowitsch Sharipov in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Biography of Salischan Shakirowitsch Sharipov at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (Russian)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sharipov, Salishan Shakirovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шарипов, Салижан Шакирович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian cosmonaut |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ösgön , Kyrgyz SSR , Soviet Union |