1. Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to the International Space Station and completed four spacewalks during his career.
21 Facts About Mikhail Tyurin
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Mikhail Tyurin was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his work as a cosmonaut.
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Mikhail Tyurin was born March 2,1960, in Kolomna, Russia where his parents still reside.
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Mikhail Tyurin graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1984 with a degree in engineering and a specialization in creating mathematical models related to mechanical flight.
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Mikhail Tyurin is currently doing graduate work in his field of research.
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Mikhail Tyurin served as a backup crew member for the first ISS mission.
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Mikhail Tyurin lived and worked aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 3 crew.
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Mikhail Tyurin spent approximately 4 months aboard the station as flight engineer 1.
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Mikhail Tyurin served as the Soyuz commander, and after docking with the ISS they exchanged with the resident crew on board ISS and became the fourteenth station crew, Expedition 14.
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Mikhail Tyurin spent 215 days aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer.
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Mikhail Tyurin was commander of flight Soyuz TMA-11M, which docked with the ISS on November 7,2013.
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Mikhail Tyurin returned to Earth on May 14,2014, after 188 days in space.
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The Soyuz crew carrying Mikhail Tyurin touched down southeast of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 01:57 UTC.
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Mikhail Tyurin conducted his first three career spacewalks during the Expedition 3 mission to the ISS.
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On October 15,2001, Mikhail Tyurin performed his second career spacewalk.
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Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin installed Russian commercial experiments on the exterior of Pirs.
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On December 3,2001, Mikhail Tyurin conducted his third career spacewalk.
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Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin used a cutting tool to remove an errant rubber seal that had prevented a Progress resupply ship from firmly docking with the ISS.
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On November 22,2006, Mikhail Tyurin performed his fourth career spacewalk starting at 23:17 UTC.
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Mikhail Tyurin got out of the suit and straightened a suspect hose which apparently had become kinked.
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Since it was still fully extended, Mikhail Tyurin used a screwdriver to release a latch and tried to retract the antenna.