Mikhail Kornienko
Mikhail Kornienko | |
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1998 Cosmonaut Group | |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 12 hours, 13 minutes |
Missions | Soyuz TMA-18 (Expedition 23/24), Soyuz TMA-16M/Soyuz TMA-18M (Expedition 43/44/45/46, ISS year-long mission) |
Mission insignia |
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian
He first served as a flight engineer during Expedition 23 and 24 in 2010.[1] Kornienko was later selected for a year-long mission on the ISS that spanned from March 2015 to March 2016, covering Expedition 43 through 46.[2] For this mission, he collaborated with American astronaut Scott Kelly.[3] The mission, launched aboard Soyuz TMA-16M, aimed to study the physiological and psychological effects on humans during extended periods of spaceflight. The collected data are intended to aid preparations for future missions requiring extended human presence in space.[4]
Personal life
Kornienko was born in
Education
Kornienko graduated from secondary school No. 15, Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 1977. From 1981 to 1987 he studied at the Moscow Aviation Institute named after S. Ordzhonikidze.
Military career and experience
Upon graduation from school in 1977, he worked at a radio equipment plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia. In May 1978, Kornienko was called to service in the Soviet Army. He served in the Airborne Forces (VDV) in Kirovabad, Azerbaijan in the USSR. In May 1980, he completed his military service with the rank of junior sergeant. Kornienko worked for the Moscow Municipal Militsiya from 1980 to 1986. At the same time he attended the evening department of the Moscow Aviation Institute. Upon graduation in 1987 from the institute, he was qualified as a liquid propellant rocket engines mechanical engineer. He resigned from the Militsiya in 1986 and entered a mechanical engineering design bureau. During 1986 to 1991 Kornienko worked in the Baikonur Launch Facility as a launch equipment specialist.
He worked for commercial companies between late 1991 to early 1995. From October 1991 to December 1992 he was the OOO Transvostok Technical and Production Department Director. From January 1993 to April 1995 he was the LLC ESTE General Director. In October 1995, Kornienko started working at the Energia Rocket Space Corporation (
Cosmonaut career
On 24 February 1998, Kornienko was selected as a test cosmonaut candidate[7] and, in 1999, following basic training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, he was qualified as a test cosmonaut. Since 1999, he has trained in the International Space Station group. He served on the ISS Expedition 8 backup crew as a flight engineer.
In 2005, he was assigned to the Soyuz TMA-10 and
Expedition 23/24
Kornienko was aboard the space station as a Flight Engineer, being part of the
Ending Expedition 24, the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft carrying Mikhail Kornienko, Alexander Skvortsov and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson undocked from the space station at 10:02 pm EDT on 24 September 2010. Following a normal descent, the Soyuz crew landed at 5:23 am GMT ear Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on 25 September.
After returning to Earth and sharing his experiences to an audience, Kornienko said "The thing you miss there most of all is the Earth itself, I missed smells. I missed trees, I even dreamt of them. I even hallucinated. I thought I smelled a real fire and something being barbecued on it! I ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer up. You do miss the Earth there".[9]
Spacewalks
On 27 July 2010, Kornienko and fellow Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin participated in a spacewalk outside the ISS. The two cosmonauts on 23 July put on their Orlan spacesuits and performed a dry run of the spacewalk activities. From inside the Pirs docking compartment they checked out the Orlan systems, practiced translation movements and tested their mobility. During the spacewalk, Kornienko and Yurchikhin outfitted the Rassvet module's (MRM1) Kurs automated rendezvous system, installed cables and remove and replaced a video camera.[10] The spacewalk began at 04:11 UTC as Kornienko and Yurchikhin donned in Orlan spacesuits, depressurized the internal volume of the Pirs docking compartment airlock and ventured outside into space. It was the 25th Russian spacewalk performed from the station.[11] At one point around 06:45 UTC the two spacewalkers accidentally lost an unidentified object that floated away from their perch on the side of the ISS.[12] The cosmonauts speculated that the lost item was an attachment fixture to secure the cables in place once they are installed. About an hour later, another unidentified item, appeared to be a washer accidentally floated off. The spacewalk lasted six hours and 42 minutes.
ISS year long mission
In November 2012,
Film
In 2016, Kornienko and Andrey Borisenko appeared as themselves in the comedy film Yolki 5.[15][16]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the
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- ^ Davis, Jason (25 March 2015). "One-Year ISS Mission Preview: 28 Experiments, 4 Expeditions and 2 Crew Members". The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Kluger, Jeffrey (18 Dec 2014). "NASA's One-Year Mission with Mark and Scott Kelly". Time. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023.
- ^ Garcia, Mark (27 March 2015). "Crew Begins Year In Space". NASA. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Preflight Interview: Mikhail Kornienko". NASA. 23 March 2010.
- ^ NASA (November 2006). "Biographical Data:Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko". Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^ ENERGIA RSC (March 2007). "Mikhail B. Kornienko". Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^ William Harwood (April 2, 2010). "Soyuz crew transport capsule heads for space station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ Russian Federal Space Agency (2010-09-28). "Soyuz TMA-18 Cosmonauts Share Some Experiences from Space". Retrieved 2010-10-17.
- ^ NASA (July 21, 2010). "Expedition 24 Spacewalk Briefing". Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- SPACE.com. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ Justin Ray (July 27, 2010). "Spacewalkers complete overnight excursion". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ "One-Year ISS Mission Preview: 28 Experiments, 4 Expeditions and 2 Crew Members". The Planetary Society. 25 March 2015.
- ^ "NASA, Roscosmos Assign Veteran Crew to Yearlong Space Station Mission". NASA. November 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ "Бекмамбетов: фильм "Елки-5" могут включить в книгу Гиннесса". RIA Novosti. 12 December 2016.
- ^ Ёлки 5 в 720HD, retrieved 2023-10-30