Sergey Ryzhikov (cosmonaut)
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Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov (
He is a veteran of two long duration space flights to the ISS.[3][4][5]Early life and education
Ryzhikov was born on 19 August 1974 in Bugulma, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from secondary school in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia in 1991 where he was part of the young aviators club. He graduated from the Kachinsky Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1996 with a degree in command tactical fighter aviation.[6]
Military career
Following his graduation, Ryzhikov trained as a pilot in the Russian Air Force. In 1997 he was assigned as a pilot in the 76th Air Army, based out of Andreapol.
He has over 700 flying hours in
Cosmonaut career
Ryzhikov was selected as a cosmonaut by Roscosmos in October 2006 and began training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia in February 2007. He completed training in June 2009 and became eligible for a future flight to the International Space Station.
In 2011, Ryzhikov served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES[8] training in Sardinia, alongside Thomas Pesquet, Tim Peake, Norishige Kanai and Randolph Bresnik.
Expedition 49/50
In 2016, Ryzhikov served as backup Commander of the Soyuz TMA-20M mission, backing up Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin as flight engineer for ISS Expedition 47/48,[9] following the launch of Soyuz TMA-20M 19 March 2016, Ryzhikov was assigned to the prime crew of ISS Expedition 49/50 as a flight engineer.[citation needed]
Ryzhikov was assigned as Commander of the
Following the landing of
Expedition 63/64
In November 2019, Ryzhikov was assigned to the backup crew of ISS
Ryzhikov launched from Baikonur on October 14, 2020, alongside Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins.
On 18 November 2020, Ryzhikov, along with fellow crew member Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, conducted their first spacewalk. The spacewalk began at 15:12 UTC and finished after 6 hours and 48 minutes. The tasks were a leak tightness check for the exit hatch in Poisk, replacement of the liquid flow regulator's removable panel on Zarya (aborted because of a "bulky bolt"), work on scientific equipment, commutation of the Tranzit-B antenna on Pirs to the Poisk module (to ensure continuity of communications with the Orlan suits), and changing the position of sensors for the precipitation and pressure control unit on the Poisk module.
Ryzhikov was the commander of Expedition 64.
The MS-17 crew returned to Earth on 17 April 2021 after almost 185 days on orbit.
Expedition 72/73
In April 2025, Ryzykov will fly on
See also
References
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