14 Facts About Oleg Skripochka

Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut.

On 12 April 2011, Skripochka was awarded the titles of Hero of the Russian Federation and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism in the implementation of long-duration space flight on the International Space Station.

Oleg Skripochka was born into a soldier's family and lived in Nevinnomyssk in the North Caucasus, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Russian Far East and in Zaporizhia in Soviet Ukraine.

Oleg Skripochka entered the Bauman Moscow State Technical University after graduating from high school in Zaporizhia in 1987.

Oleg Skripochka graduated in 1993 from the university with a diploma of mechanical engineer in rocket construction.

Oleg Skripochka worked as a test-metal worker between 1987 and 1991 and as a Technician between 1991 and 1993 in the scientific-industrial association project bureau at Energia.

In 1997, Oleg Skripochka was selected as a test cosmonaut and from January 1998 to November 1999, he studied the advanced space training course.

Oleg Skripochka arrived at the ISS after the Soyuz spacecraft linked up with the space station at 00:01 UTC on 10 October 2010.

Oleg Skripochka stayed on board the ISS till March 2011.

Oleg Skripochka participated in three spacewalks during his stay aboard the space station as an Expedition 25 and 26 Flight Engineer.

On 15 November 2010, Oleg Skripochka participated in a spacewalk with fellow Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin.

Oleg Skripochka was designated as Extravehicular 2, and had a blue stripe on his spacesuit.

Oleg Skripochka wore a NASA-provided wireless television camera system and helmet lights to provide live point-of-view video to Mission Control-Moscow.

Oleg Skripochka launched to the International Space Station on board Soyuz MS-15 on 25 September 2019, as a member of Expeditions 61 and 62.