1. Maksim Viktorovich Surayev is a Russian politician and retired cosmonaut.
12 Facts About Maksim Surayev
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Maksim Surayev served in the State Duma between 2016 and 2021.
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Maksim Surayev is a recipient of the Gold Star Medal of Hero of Russia.
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Maksim Surayev received the medal from the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on 30 December 2010.
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Maksim Surayev is qualified to fly L-39 and Su-27 aircraft, and has logged around 700 hours of flight time.
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Maksim Surayev is a Class 3 Air Force pilot, a qualified diver and paraborne instructor.
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From December 1997 to November 1999, Maksim Surayev completed basic space training.
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From March 2006 until April 2008 Maksim Surayev was assigned as a backup ISS Expedition 17 crew member.
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Maksim Surayev served as a Flight Engineer on the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition 22 crew.
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Maksim Surayev served in the same capacity during Expedition 21 having traveled to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-16 on 30 September 2009 from the Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Maksim Surayev served as ISS expedition commander of Expedition 41 from 10 September until 10 November 2014.
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On 14 January 2010 Maksim Surayev went outside the ISS into space with fellow Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov to begin his first spacewalk.