# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-pletser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:30.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-pletser"
name: "Vladimir Pletser"
slug: "vladimir-pletser"
description: "Vladimir Pletser is Director of Space Training Operations at Blue Abyss since 2018, where he is in charge of developing astronaut training programs. From 2016 to early 2018, he was a Visiting Professor and Scientific Adviser at the Technology and Engineering Centre for Space Utilization (CSU) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. He supported the preparation of scientific experiments in microgravity for the Chinese Tiangong space station and for aircraft parabolic flights. He worked previously from 1985 till early 2016 as a senior Physicist Engineer at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) of ESA."
tagline: "Physicist-Engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir_Pletser_in_Martian_EVA_suit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.97
  momentum:             10.3448275862069
  historical:           4.60324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Vladimir Pletser"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Pletser"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Pletser"
    title: "Vladimir Pletser"
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    title: "Vladimir Pletser"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Pletser"
    title: "Vladimir Pletser"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump