Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space,on 10 August 2003,when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva,who was in Texas,while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zealand,on the International Space Station. As of December 2023,Malenchenko ranks third for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former commander of the International Space Station.
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri is a former Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space in 2010 and 2011 aboard the ISS serving as a flight engineer for the long duration Expedition 25/26 missions. He has spent the fifth-longest time in space of any person,and the longest time in space of any person not born in what is now Russia.
Michael López-Alegría is an astronaut,test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality,American and Spanish;a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career,presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record and having the fifth-longest spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days;this time was spent on board the ISS from September 18,2006,to April 21,2007. López-Alegría commanded Axiom-1,the first ever all-private team of commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station,which launched on April 8,2022,and spent just over 17 days in Earth's orbit.
Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions. He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two spacewalks. From 2014 to 2017,Lonchakov served as head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. He retired from JAXA in 2024. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions,a Russian Soyuz mission,and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two-decade career in spaceflight,he has logged more than five hundred days in space. During Expedition 39,he became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Wakata flew on the Soyuz TMA-11M/Expedition 38/Expedition 39 long duration spaceflight from 7 November 2013 to 13 May 2014. During this spaceflight he was accompanied by Kirobo,the first humanoid robot astronaut. As of 2023,he is the longest active astronaut in the world.
STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis.
STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center,Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001;its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews. The first EVA performed on the mission remains the longest spacewalk ever undertaken at eight hours and 56 minutes.
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko is a 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. 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 serves as the Deputy Chief of Cosmonaut Training Center TsPK.
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin is a Russian cosmonaut of Pontic Greek descent,engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mission STS-112. His second was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a flight engineer for Expedition 15;for this mission he was launched in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He has undertaken two further long-duration stays aboard the ISS,as a crew member of Expedition 24 / 25. For this mission he was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19,and he landed in November 2010,also with the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft. He served as Soyuz commander for his fourth mission aboard Soyuz TMA-09M,as flight engineer for Expedition 36 and ISS commander for Expedition 37. In April 2017,Yurchikhin launched on Soyuz MS-04 for the fifth spaceflight of his career,a six-month mission to the ISS as part of Expedition 51 and 52,for which he was the commander.
Expedition 2 was the second long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station,immediately following Expedition 1. Its three-person crew stayed aboard the station from March to August 2001. In addition to station maintenance,the crew assisted in several station assembly missions,welcomed the first space tourist Dennis Tito,and conducted some scientific experiments.
Expedition 1 was the first long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The three-person crew stayed aboard the station for 136 days,from November 2000 to March 2001. It was the beginning of an uninterrupted human presence on the station which continues as of 2024. Expedition 2,which also had three crew members,immediately followed Expedition 1.
Thomas Henry Marshburn is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights to the International Space Station and holds the record for the oldest person to perform a spacewalk at 61 years old.
Michael Reed "Mike" Barratt is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Specializing in aerospace medicine,he served as a flight surgeon for NASA before his selection as an astronaut and has played a role in developing NASA's space medicine programs for both the Shuttle-Mir Program and International Space Station. His first spaceflight was a long-duration mission to the International Space Station,as a flight engineer in the Expedition 19 and 20 crew. In March 2011,Barratt completed his second spaceflight as a crew member of STS-133. Barratt pilots the SpaceX Crew-8 mission that launched on 4 March 2024.
Andrey Ivanovich Borisenko is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003,and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station.
Expedition 25 was the 25th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 25 began with the Soyuz TMA-18 undocking on 25 September 2010. Three new crewmembers arrived aboard the ISS 10 October 2010 on Soyuz TMA-01M to join Douglas Wheelock,Fyodor Yurchikhin and Shannon Walker,and formed the full six member crew of Expedition 25. NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock accepted command of Expedition 25 on 22 September 2010,taking over from Russia's Aleksandr Skvortsov. The departure of Wheelock,Walker and Yurchikhin on 25 November 2010 marked the official end of Expedition 25.
Expedition 22 was the twenty-second long duration crew flight to the International Space Station (ISS). This expedition began on 1 December 2009 when the Expedition 21 crew departed. For a period of three weeks,there were only two crew members;it was the first time that had occurred since STS-114. Commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Maksim Surayev were joined by the rest of their crew on 22 December 2009,making the Expedition 22 a crew of five.
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27/28 missions. He also served as the Soyuz TMA-21 commander. He most recently served on the Soyuz TMA-14M Expedition 41/42 crew aboard the ISS. He was hired as a cosmonaut in the summer of 2003.
Mark Thomas Vande Hei is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut who has served as a flight engineer for Expedition 53,54,64,65,and 66 on the International Space Station.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov is a Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights,which were long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station. His first spaceflight took place from April to September 2010,and was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18. He arrived at the station part way through Expedition 23,of which Oleg Kotov was the Commander. When Expedition 24 began in June,Skvortsov became Commander.
