1. Yuri Gidzenko was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
15 Facts About Yuri Gidzenko
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Since 2004 to May 2009, Yuri Gidzenko was the Director of the 3rd department within the TsPK.
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Yuri Gidzenko was born on March 26,1962, Elanets, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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Yuri Gidzenko's hobbies include football, swimming, reading of literature, photography, and walks in forests.
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Yuri Gidzenko graduated from the Higher Military Pilot School in Kharkiv in 1983.
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Yuri Gidzenko graduated from the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography in 1994 specializing in geodesy and cartography.
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Yuri Gidzenko was trained to fly three types of aircraft and has logged a total flying time of 850 hours.
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Yuri Gidzenko is a parachute-landing training instructor and has made 170 jumps.
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From December 1987 to June 1989, Yuri Gidzenko attended basic space training as a test cosmonaut candidate.
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Yuri Gidzenko served aboard Mir as the commander of the long duration Mir EO-20 expedition from September 3,1995, to February 29,1996, and logged 179 days in space.
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From November 2000 to March 2001, Yuri Gidzenko was part of the first permanent ISS resident crew, the Expedition 1.
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Yuri Gidzenko joined the Expedition 1 crew as a flight engineer.
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Yuri Gidzenko was Launched on April 25,2002, on the Soyuz TM-34 mission along with ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori and South African Space Tourist Mark Shuttleworth.
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Yuri Gidzenko has performed two career spacewalks during his stay on board the Mir space station.
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On February 8,1996, Yuri Gidzenko performed his second career spacewalk.