1. Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov is a former cosmonaut and commander of the International Space Station.
24 Facts About Pavel Vinogradov
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Pavel Vinogradov has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station, and was one of the top 10 astronauts in terms of total time in space after his third spaceflight.
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Pavel Vinogradov's hobbies include game sports, history of aviation and cosmonautics and astronomy.
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Pavel Vinogradov was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation medal.
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From 1977 to 1983 Pavel Vinogradov specialized in software development for automated interactive designing systems of recoverable vehicles, development of aerodynamics and aerodyne arrangement design models, computer graphics.
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Pavel Vinogradov worked on flight procedure verification for Soyuz-TM and Buran spacecraft, development of automated crew training systems.
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Pavel Vinogradov has participated in launch preparation of the Soyuz-TM, Buran spacecraft and Energia rocket.
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Pavel Vinogradov was selected for the cosmonaut program on 3 March 1992 and spent the next two years in training.
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Pavel Vinogradov was the backup flight engineer for the Soyuz TM-22 flight, launched on 3 September 1995.
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Pavel Vinogradov was assigned to the Soyuz TM-24 flight, but the entire crew was grounded when the flight commander, Gennadi Manakov, experienced heart problems.
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Pavel Vinogradov flew as the flight engineer on Soyuz TM-26 on 5 August 1997 with cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev to the Mir space station.
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In January 2004, Pavel Vinogradov began training as the ISS Expedition 13 crew commander.
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Pavel Vinogradov was joined by NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari.
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Pavel Vinogradov spent 182 days, 23 hours and 44 minutes in space on board the Soyuz spacecraft and the ISS.
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Pavel Vinogradov flew with ISS Expeditions 35 and 36, from March to September 2013.
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On 12 May 2013 Pavel Vinogradov assumed command of the International Space Station.
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On 22 August 1997 Pavel Vinogradov completed his first career spacewalk.
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On 20 October 1997 Pavel Vinogradov conducted his second career spacewalk inside the Spektr module, with Anatoly Solovyov.
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On 3 November 1997 Pavel Vinogradov completed his third career spacewalk, again with Anatoly Solovyov.
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On 6 November 1997 Pavel Vinogradov completed his fourth career spacewalk, again with Anatoly Solovyov.
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On 8 January 1998 Pavel Vinogradov completed his fifth career spacewalk, again with Anatoly Solovyov.
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On 2 June 2006 Pavel Vinogradov performed his sixth career spacewalk.
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Pavel Vinogradov replaced a clogged vent nozzle used to dump excess hydrogen overboard by the space station's Elektron oxygen generator.
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Pavel Vinogradov was slated to hit a golf ball into space during the spacewalk as part of an agreement between Russia's Federal Space Agency and the Canadian golf equipment firm Element 21 Golf Co.