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Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer, former cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union collapsed. Unable to come home, he wound up spending two times longer than originally planned in orbit. They simply refused to bring...
Jul 24, 2022 · Sergei Krikalev, who logged over 800 days on station, shares his unique perspective on the power of collaboration in space and looking down on Earth
Jun 12, 2020 · Dubbed “the last Soviet citizen” and “the man who is sick of flying,” cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev blasted off into space on May 18, 1991 and unwittingly became a pawn in international politics. For 312 days he watched as the communist superpower, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, became the Russian Federation.
Dec 26, 2021 · Sergei Krikalev had a God's eye view of the fall of the Iron Curtain. He wasn't given much choice in the matter. by Jon Kelvey. Dec. 26, 2021.
Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985, completing his basic training in 1986, and, for a time, was assigned to the Buran Shuttle programme. In early 1988, he began training for his first long-duration flight aboard the Mir space station.
Apr 29, 2024 · Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov is a Russian cosmonaut whose six spaceflights from 1988 to 2005 earned him the world record for most time in space. After earning a degree in mechanical engineering from the Leningrad Technical Institute, Krikalyov joined NPO Energia (now RKK Energia), the largest.
Apr 10, 2024 · In 1991, veteran cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev undertook a routine mission to the Mir space station, unaware that he was on the brink of witnessing historic events unfold from the extraordinary...
Sergei Krikalev is a Mechanical Engineer, Russian cosmonaut and Executive Director for Human Space Programs of the "Roscosmos" State Space Corporation.
Sergei Krikalev was the first cosmonaut to fly on an American Space Shuttle as part of the cooperative agreement between Russia and the United States. The Space Shuttle Discovery launched February 3, 1994, with Krikalev and the crew of STS-60 .
