1. Nikolai Budarin has performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.
18 Facts About Nikolai Budarin
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Nikolai Budarin is married to Marina Lvovna Budarina.
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Nikolai Budarin's hobbies include fishing, skiing, picking mushrooms, tourism and cycling.
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From 1971 to 1973 Nikolai Budarin was serving the Soviet Army in Czechoslovakia.
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Nikolai Budarin occupied various engineering positions at NPO Energia where he was involved in experimental investigations and testing of space technology.
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From 27 March till May 1995, Nikolai Budarin was trained for a mission under Mir EO-19 program as the flight engineer of the first crew, and from 15 May to 26 June, he trained for the STS-71 mission in the United States.
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From 27 June to 11 September 1995, Nikolai Budarin participated in a space mission as a board engineer of the 19th long-term Mir expedition.
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Nikolai Budarin spent 75 days, 11 hours and 20minutes in space and landed on the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft.
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From 23 November 2002 to 3 May 2003, Nikolai Budarin logged 161 days, 1 hour and 14 minutes in space as an Expedition 6 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station.
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Nikolai Budarin returned to Earth onboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft with NASA astronauts Kenneth Bowersox and Donald Pettit.
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On 14 July 1995, Nikolai Budarin conducted his first career spacewalk joined by fellow cosmonaut, Anatoly Solovyev.
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On 19 July 1995, Nikolai Budarin conducted his second career spacewalk along with Anatoly Solovyev.
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On 1 April 1998, Nikolai Budarin conducted his fourth career spacewalk.
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On 6 April 1998, Nikolai Budarin conducted his fifth career spacewalk, with Talgat Musabayev.
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Nikolai Budarin failed to open the last of the 10 locks that was closed so tightly and in the process he broke three wrenches.
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On 11 April 1998, Nikolai Budarin conducted his sixth career spacewalk.
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On 17 April 1998, Nikolai Budarin conducted his seventh career spacewalk.
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The claim was rejected by the Russian authorities, which pronounced Nikolai Budarin was healthy despite NASA concerns about cardiovascular "peculiarities".