Valery Korzun
Valery Grigoryevich Korzun Валерий Григорьевич Корзун | |
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1987 TsPK Cosmonaut Group | |
Total EVAs | 4 |
Total EVA time | 22 hours 19 minutes |
Missions | Soyuz TM-24, STS-111, Expedition 5, STS-113 |
Mission insignia |
Valery Grigoryevich Korzun (
Personal
He is a Russian Air Force Colonel and cosmonaut of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, and was born on 5 March 1953 in Krasny Sulin. Korzun and his wife Elana have one son, Nikita. His father is Korzun Grigori Andreyevich, and his mother is Korzun Maria Arsentievna. His hobbies include tennis, badminton and theater.[1]
Education
In 1974, Korzun graduated from the Kachinsk higher military aviation pilot school. In 1987 he graduated from the Gagarin Military Aviation Academy.
Awards
Korzun was awarded:
- the title of Hero of Russian Federation;
- the title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation;
- Cavalier of Legion of Honour (France).
He has also been awarded with Russian and NASA medals.
Experience
After graduation from the Kachinsk Military College in 1974, Korzun served as a pilot, a senior pilot, a flight section leader, and ultimately as a commander of a
Korzun is a 1st class military pilot and has logged 1473 hours, primarily in 4 aircraft types. He is also an Instructor of Parachute Training, and has completed 377 parachute jumps.
Cosmonaut career
In 1987, after a successful tour as commander of the Gagarin Military Air-Force Academy, he was selected as a cosmonaut for training at the
In August 1996 Korzun completed training as commander for the Mir-22/ NASA-3 and "Cassiopia" (sponsored by CNES) programs.
Mir EO-22
Korzun made his first trip to space on board the
Expedition 5
The Expedition 5 crew was launched on 5 June 2002 aboard STS-111. Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center LC-39A at 21:22:49 UTC. After two days Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 7 June 2002 at 16:25 UTC. Korzun joined the Expedition 5 crew as the commander.[2] Expedition 5 crew carried out approximately 25 new investigations on board the ISS, as well as continued with various science investigations begun before their stay. The scientific investigations aimed at studying cold plasma, crystal growth, radiation effects in the space and the human body. Some medical experiments involved blood, muscles, bones while the crew also conducted psychological experiments. Korzun also participated in ecological experiments and monitored the Earth's surface from space. Earth observation from outer space has many useful applications including informing the ground of disaster situations such as fires and floods as quickly as they occur.[2]
The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth on December 7, 2002, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-113 mission. The shuttle touched down at KSC Runway 33 at 19:38:25 UTC. Completing his second long duration spaceflight, Korzun logged 184 days and 22 hours in space.
Spacewalks
Korzun has performed four career spacewalks. During the Mir EO-22 mission he performed 2 spacewalks totaling 12 hours and 33 minutes.[3] During ISS Expedition 5, he again performed two spacewalks totalling 9 hours and 46 minutes.
On 2 December 1996 Korzun performed his first career spacewalk with cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri. The main purpose was to complete connections of the cooperative solar array to provide more electrical power to the Mir station.[4] The spacewalk started at 15:54 UTC and ended at 21:52 UTC lasting 5 hours and 57 minutes. During the spacewalk, the two cosmonauts installed MCSA cables.
Korzun performed his second career spacewalk on 9 December 1996. The main purpose was to complete connections of the cooperative solar array to provide more electrical power to the Mir station.[4] He and Kaleri completed the MCSA cable installation and attached a Kurs docking antenna. The spacewalk started at 13:50 and ended at 20:28 lasting 6 hours and 38 minutes.
Korzun performed two spacewalks during his six-month stay aboard the ISS. On 16 August 2002 Korzun performed his third career spacewalk together with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.[5] The two spacewalkers got off to a late start because they evidently forgot to open an oxygen valve in their Russian Orlan spacesuits while getting prepared and the Pirs docking compartment airlock had to be repressurized. Once the valves were set correctly, Korzun reported a pressure leak but the Russian officials declared it as a no issue. By the time the hatch was finally opened almost two hours had been wasted and the spacewalk was cut short to a duration of 4.5 hours. The objective of the spacewalk was to fortify the ISS against damaging space debris. Korzun and Whitson installed six debris panels onto the Zvezda Service Module. They removed the panels from their temporary location on the station's PMA-1 prior to attachment to Zvezda. The panels are designed to shield Zvezda from potential space debris impacts. The spacewalk lasted 4 hours and 25 minutes.
Korzun performed his fourth career spacewalk on 26 August 2002.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the
- ^ "Valeriy Grigoryevich KORZUN". ENERGIA. May 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
- ^ a b NASA (October 28, 2002). "Preflight Interview: Valery Korzun". Archived from the original on June 6, 2002. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ NASA (December 2002). "Biographical Data: Cosmonaut Valeri Grigorievich Korzun". Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ a b NASA. "NASA-3 John Blaha: Pulling it Together". Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ NASA (August 16, 2002). "International Space Station Status Report #02-36". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ Jim Banke (August 26, 2002). "Russian Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk at International Space Station". SPACE.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ NASA (August 26, 2002). "International Space Station Status Report #02-38". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
External links
- NASA biography [1]
- Spacefacts biography of Valery Korzun