1. Valery Grigoryevich Korzun is a former Russian cosmonaut.
19 Facts About Valery Korzun
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Valery Korzun has been in space twice totalling 381 days.
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Valery Korzun is a Russian Air Force Colonel and cosmonaut of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, and was born on 5 March 1953 in Krasny Sulin.
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Valery Korzun's father is Korzun Grigori Andreyevich, and his mother is Korzun Maria Arsentievna.
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In 1974, Korzun graduated from the Kachinsk higher military aviation pilot school.
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Valery Korzun has been awarded with Russian and NASA medals.
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Valery Korzun is a 1st class military pilot and has logged 1473 hours, primarily in 4 aircraft types.
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Valery Korzun is an Instructor of Parachute Training, and has completed 377 parachute jumps.
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Valery Korzun trained as a group member for flight on board the orbital complex Mir from March 1994 to June 1995.
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Valery Korzun served as deputy Director of the 27KC crew flight training complex as crew communication supervisor from March 1994 to January 1995.
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Valery Korzun made his first trip to space on board the Soyuz TM-24 with cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie Andre-Deshays on 17 August 1996.
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Valery Korzun spent 196 days, 17 hours and 26 minutes on board Soyuz TM-24 and Mir.
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Valery Korzun participated in ecological experiments and monitored the Earth's surface from space.
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On 2 December 1996 Valery Korzun performed his first career spacewalk with cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri.
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Valery Korzun performed his second career spacewalk on 9 December 1996.
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Valery Korzun performed two spacewalks during his six-month stay aboard the ISS.
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On 16 August 2002 Valery Korzun performed his third career spacewalk together with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.
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Once the valves were set correctly, Valery Korzun reported a pressure leak but the Russian officials declared it as a no issue.
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Valery Korzun performed his fourth career spacewalk on 26 August 2002.