1. Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev is a Russian Air Force colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
16 Facts About Valeri Tokarev
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In 26 March 2009, Valeri Tokarev joined the United Russia party.
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Valeri Tokarev was born on 29 October 1952 in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, Soviet Union.
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Valeri Tokarev is married to Irina Tokareva, with whom they have two children: a daughter, Olya, and a son, Ivan, and reside at Star City, Moscow Oblast.
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In 1973, Valeri Tokarev graduated from Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators.
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Valeri Tokarev is a 1st Class Air Force Pilot and a 1st Class Test Pilot.
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Valeri Tokarev has gained proficiency and flight experience with 44 types of airplanes and helicopters and has logged more than 3000 hours.
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In 1987, Valeri Tokarev was selected to join the cosmonaut corps to test and fly the Buran spacecraft.
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Since termination of the Buran program in 1997, Tokarev has been assigned as a test cosmonaut at the Yuri A Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
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On flight day 2, Valeri Tokarev temporarily stowed some logistics transfer items stored on the shuttle's middeck, in the Spacehab module to provide more room for the spacesuit checkout activities.
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Valeri Tokarev was involved with the transfer of logistics items by documenting and stowing items aboard the ISS.
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Valeri Tokarev was the flight engineer for the Expedition 12 crew on the ISS, arriving at the station aboard the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft on 3 October 2005.
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Valeri Tokarev was involved with biological, microbiological, genetic and physics experiments.
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Valeri Tokarev has performed two spacewalks during the course of his cosmonaut career totaling 11 hours and 5 minutes.
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Valeri Tokarev was awarded the "Hero of the Russian Federation" medal in 2000, Pilot Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation title in 1999, the Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation, Order for Service to Motherland in the USSR Air Forces Third Class in 1978, RF Medals and the NASA Space Flight Medal in 1999.
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Valeri Tokarev is an Honorary Citizen of Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast.