Yuri Guidzenko

Russian cosmonaut · Russia · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1962 · age 64

Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko is a former Russian cosmonaut. He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He has also conducted two career spacewalks.

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2011Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Award2004Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward2002NASA Distinguished Public Service MedalAward2001NASA Space Flight MedalAward1996Hero of the Russian FederationAwardPilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian FederationAward1962Born26 March 1962

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Gidzenko on board the Zvezda Service Module of the ISS communicates with ground controllers.

Yuri Gidzenko, Expedition 1 flight engineer aboard the Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM), Leonardo.

Soyuz 4 Taxi Commander Gidzenko enters the Zarya's pressurized adapter on the ISS.

Awards

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"2011

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class2004

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal2002

NASA Space Flight Medal2001

Hero of the Russian Federation1996

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation1996

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

Order of Military Merit

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal for Distinguished Military Service

Yuri A. Gagarin Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of space activities

Medal for distinguished military service, 1st class

Medal for distinguished military service, 2nd class

Medal for distinguished military service, 3rd class

About this person

Although he retired on July 15, 2001, he continued his employment by a special contract until Soyuz TM-34 concluded. Since 2004 to May 2009, Gidzenko was the Director of the 3rd department within the TsPK. Since May 2009 he has served as the Deputy Chief of Cosmonaut Training Center TsPK.

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Russia