1. Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR.
19 Facts About Oleg Kotov
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Oleg Kotov has flown three long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging over 526 days in space.
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Oleg Kotov was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal, The Combat Heroism Russian Federation Armed Forces Medal of I and II degrees and the Service Medal of I, II and III degrees.
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Oleg Kotov dealt with problems of altitude physiology and space flight effects on a human body.
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Oleg Kotov gained experience in practical training and medical support of spacewalks on Mir, and was a crew surgeon and instructor for biomedical training and science program training.
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In 1996 Oleg Kotov was selected as a cosmonaut candidate by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
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Oleg Kotov served as a flight engineer and Soyuz commander on the ISS-6 and ISS-13 backup crews.
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Oleg Kotov was a member of the ISS Expedition 15, that launched on 7 April 2007 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft, together with Fyodor Yurchikhin and space tourist Charles Simonyi.
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Oleg Kotov commanded Soyuz TMA-17 and was assigned to Expedition 22 as a Flight Engineer and Expedition 23 as the Commander aboard the International Space Station.
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Oleg Kotov using the station's Telerobotically Operated Rendezvous Unit system took control and guided the spacecraft to successfully dock with the ISS.
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Oleg Kotov returned to Earth on 2 June 2010 aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft.
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Oleg Kotov launched on Soyuz TMA-10M on 25 September 2013, with Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky and American astronaut Michael Hopkins joined Expedition 37 as a Flight Engineer.
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Oleg Kotov returned to Earth on 11 March 2014 after staying at the ISS for 166 days.
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On 30 May 2007 at 19:05 GMT, accompanied by Fyodor Yurchikhin, Oleg Kotov began his first spacewalk, lasting 5 hours and 25 minutes, during which they installed protective panels to shield the ISS from space debris.
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On 6 June 2007 Oleg Kotov performed his second spacewalk from the Pirs docking compartment airlock.
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On 14 January 2010 Oleg Kotov again ventured outside the ISS with fellow Russian cosmonaut Maksim Surayev to begin his third spacewalk.
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On 9 November 2013, Oleg Kotov performed his fourth spacewalk outside the ISS with Sergey Ryazansky.
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Oleg Kotov routed the data and telemetry cables for the medium resolution camera flight control team at the Russian Mission Control Center did not see the expected telemetry and electrical connectivity from the cameras.
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On 27 January 2014, Oleg Kotov did perform his sixth spacewalk outside the ISS with cosmonaut Ryazansky.