1. Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky is a Russian cosmonaut.
15 Facts About Sergey Ryazansky
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Sergey Ryazansky was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK Cosmonaut Group.
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Sergey Ryazansky is the grandson of Mikhail Ryazanskiy, chief Soviet guidance designer of the Sputnik era.
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Sergey Ryazansky had a first wife, Lyubava Dmitrievna, divorced and has a second wife, Alexandra.
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Sergey Ryazansky has a son and two daughters from his first marriage, and a son from his second marriage.
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Sergey Ryazansky attended Moscow State University and graduated as a biochemist in 1996.
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Sergey Ryazansky was selected as a research and test cosmonaut in 2003.
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Sergey Ryazansky launched to the International Space Station on his first spaceflight on board the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft on September 25,2013 alongside Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Kotov and American astronaut Michael S Hopkins.
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Sergey Ryazansky performed three EVA's during his mission; all were performed with crewmate Oleg Kotov.
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Sergey Ryazansky served as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 37 and Expedition 38 before returning to Earth aboard the Soyuz on March 11,2014.
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Sergey Ryazansky was the commander of Soyuz MS-05 mission to the ISS and launched on 28 July 2017 15:41 UTC.
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Sergey Ryazansky was a flight engineer for Expedition 52 and Expedition 53.
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Sergey Ryazansky performed his first spacewalk outside the ISS with cosmonaut Oleg Kotov on 9 November 2013,.
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On 27 January 2014, Sergey Ryazansky did perform his third spacewalk outside the ISS with cosmonaut Oleg Kotov.
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On 17 August 2017, Sergey Ryazansky performed his fourth spacewalk with cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin.