1. Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev is a retired Russian cosmonaut.
17 Facts About Dmitri Kondratyev
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Dmitri Kondratyev served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having served as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 26 during the same stay in space.
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Dmitri Kondratyev is married to Dinara, and they have a son named Vladislav.
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Dmitri Kondratyev completed Yak-52 flight training at the Alma-Aty Aviation Club in 1986.
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In 2000, Dmitri Kondratyev graduated from the Moscow State University for Economy, Statistics and Computer Science, Economic Information Systems Department as an economist.
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Dmitri Kondratyev flew MiG-21, MiG-29 and Su-27 Russian fighter aircraft.
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Dmitri Kondratyev is an instructor of General Parachute Training and has performed more than 150 parachute jumps.
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Dmitri Kondratyev was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December 1997.
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Dmitri Kondratyev attended basic space training from January 1998 to March 2000.
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Dmitri Kondratyev was assigned to the ISS Expedition 5 Backup crew as Soyuz Commander and ISS Flight Engineer and successfully completed that training in 2003.
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Dmitri Kondratyev was then assigned to the ISS Expedition 13 long duration mission prime crew and trained as ISS Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander for one and a half year until the crew reassignment named ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter.
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Dmitri Kondratyev was assigned to the ISS Expedition 20 Backup crew as Soyuz Commander and ISS Flight Engineer and successfully completed that training.
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In March 2007 Dmitri Kondratyev received his US Federal Aviation Administration Private Pilot License.
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In March 2009 Dmitri Kondratyev received his US FAA Airline Transport Pilot Licence.
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Dmitri Kondratyev traveled to the space station on 15 December 2010 aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft.
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Dmitri Kondratyev participated in two spacewalks during his stay aboard the space station as an Expedition 26 and 27 Flight Engineer and Commander.
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Dmitri Kondratyev was designated as Extravehicular 1, and had a red stripe on his spacesuit.