Krikalev was one of two candidates named by the Russian Space Agency for mission specialist training with the crew of STS-60. In July 1991, Krikalev agreed to stay on MIR as flight engineer for the next crew, scheduled to arrive in October because the next two planned flights had been reduced to one. In October 1992, NASA announced that an experienced cosmonaut would fly aboard a future Space Shuttle mission. Before him are Valeri Kubasov (1935), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), and Aleksei Gubarev (1931). After the previous crew returned to Earth, Krikalev, Polyakov, and Volkov continued to conduct experiments aboard the Mir station. On February 15, 2007, Krikalev was appointed Vice President of the S.P. Unable to come home, he wound up spending two times longer than originally planned in … Following 130 orbits of the Earth in 3,439,705 miles, STS-60 landed at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 11, 1994. Bio. As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to … NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. The mission was accomplished in 185 orbits of the Earth in 283 hours and 18 minutes. the title of Hero of the Russian Federation; the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (USSR); the title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (USSR); Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class; Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg". Soyuz TM-12 launched on May 19, 1991, with Krikalev as flight engineer, Commander Anatoly Artsebarsky, and British astronaut Helen Sharman. [2][4][5][6] These events are documented and contextualized in Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică's 1995 documentary Out of the Present. Commander Alexander Volkov remained on board with Krikalev. Two crew members performed three space walks to connect umbilicals and attach tools/hardware for use in future EVAs. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg", List of human spaceflights chronologically, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, "The last Soviet citizen: The cosmonaut who was left behind in space", "Junked in Space : Soviet Breakup Means an Orbiting Cosmonaut Is Delayed in Getting Back to Earth", "Man in the News: Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev; Symbol of New Cooperation", "Andrei Ujica «Out of the Present» 1995. Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985, completed his basic training in 1986, and, for a time, was assigned to the Buran Shuttle program. He lived and worked aboard the International Space Station on a six-month tour of duty. Krikalev was one of two candidates named by the Russian Space Agency for mission specialist training with the crew of STS-60. Sergei Kon­stan­ti­novich Krikalev (Russ­ian: Серге́й Кон­стан­ти­но­вич Крикалёв, also translit­er­ated as Sergei Krikalyov; born Au­gust 27, 1958) is a Russ­ian cos­mo­naut and me­chan­i­cal en­gi­neer. A character based on Krikalev features in the Cuban film drama Sergio and Sergei, in which a professor and amateur radio enthusiast in Havana contacts a cosmonaut named Sergei aboard the Mir space station. Krikalev was born in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). Krikalev was one of five cosmonauts selected to raise the Russian flag at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.[10]. The mission was accomplished in 185 orbits of the Earth in 283 hours and 18 minutes. The crew also performed IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC) operations, and deployed two satellites, Mighty Sat 1 and SAC-A. As a prominent rocket scientist he is a veteran of six space flights and has spent more time in space than any other human: a total of 803 days 9 hours and 39 minutes. Launched on February 3, 1994, STS-60 was the second flight of the Space Habitation Module-2 (Spacehab-2), and the first flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF-1). In April 1990, Krikalev began preparing for his second flight as a member of the backup crew for the eighth long-duration Mir mission, which also included five EVAs and a week of Soviet-Japanese operations. ✪ Expedition 1 Cosmonaut Remembers Stay on ISS, ✪ Rocket Science - Helen Sharman interview | Royal Society, ✪ How to Select a Landing Site on Mars - Matt Golombek. That's it. Krikalev and Robert Cabana become the first people to enter the ISS in December, 1998, when they turned on the lights in the US module Unity. Sergei Krikalev is a Russian cosmonaut. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: August 27, 1958, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Korolev Rocket&Space Corporation Energia, Russia. [3], Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union was dissolved on December 26, 1991. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Krikalev has received more than 684,652 page views. A particularly lengthy relationship was formed between Krikalev and amateur radio operator Margaret Iaquinto. To date he has supported STS-63, STS-71, STS-74 and STS-76. Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union collapsed. Krikalev returned to duty in Russia following his American experience on STS-60. Expedition 11 plans called for two spacewalks, the first in August from the US Quest Airlock in US spacesuits, and the second, in September, in Russian spacesuits from the Pirs airlock. After graduation in 1981, he joined NPO Energia, the Russian industrial organization responsible for manned space flight activities. He was a member of the Russian and Soviet national aerobatic flying teams, and was Champion of Moscow in 1983, and Champion of the Soviet Union in 1986. In 1981, he received a mechanical engineering degree from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute, now called Baltic State Technical University. Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev is a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer. © Copyright © 2012-2020 Stories People All rights reserved. С.П.Королева) in charge of manned space flights. Before him are Lambert Wilson, Giancarlo Esposito, Riccardo Paletti, Marg Helgenberger, Pernilla August, and Anne Holt. On June 15, 2007, it was Krikalev himself who was brought into the Russian Mission Control center to instruct Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov in how he and ISS Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin could jump-start […] He currently holds the record for the most time spent in space. ISS Commander, Soyuz TMA transport spacecraft Commander, Cosmonaut-Researcher, S.P. Sergei Krikalev Social Profiles/Links. Periodically he returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to work with CAPCOM in Mission Control and ground controllers in Russia supporting joint U.S./Russian Missions. © Copyright © 2012-2020 Stories People All rights reserved. Sergei Konstantinovich KRIKALEV. They have one daughter. Krikalev was a member of the Expedition 1 crew. Following 130 orbits of the Earth in , STS-60 landed at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 11 February 1994. The previous crew (Vladimir Titov, Musa Manarov, and Valeri Polyakov) remained on Mir for another 25 days, marking the longest period a six-person crew had been in orbit.