Russia's Cosmonauts Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center

(29

May

2003)

Ivanishin

AA

Pilot

1969

Jan

15

±

±

0

Candidate

Samokutyayev

AM

Pilot

1970

Mar

13

±

±

0

Candidate

Shkaplerov

AN

Pilot

1972

Feb

20

±

±

0

Candidate

Tarelkin

YI

Engineer

1974

Dec

29

±

±

0

Candidate

Appendix 6 ± The Cosmonaut Team 1960±2005 363

Energiya

Engineers

1966-2005

Name

D.O.B

First

Flight

Cosmonaut

No.

of

Status/Retirement*

Died/Killed*

Year

No.

(USSR

Russian

/Russia)

Flights

1966

Group

First

Selection

(TsKBEM

23

May

1966)

Anokhin

SN

TsKBEM

1910

Apr

1

±

±

0

1968

May

27

1986

Apr

15

Bugrov

VY

TsKBEM

1933

Jan

18

±

±

0

1968

Jul

12

Dologpolov

GA

TsKBEM

1935

Nov

14

±

±

0

1967

May

3

Grechko

GM

TsKBEM

1931

May

25

1975

34

3

1986

Jun

5

Kubasov

VN

TsKBEM

1935

Jan

7

1969

18

3

1989

Dec

29

Makarov

OG

TsKBEM

1933

Jan

6

1973

27

4

1986

Apr

4

2003

May

28

Volkov

VN

TsKBEM

1935

Nov

23

1969

20

2

Deceased

1971

Jun

30

Yeliseyev

AS

TsKBEM

1934

Jul

13

1969

15

3

1986

Jan

10

1967

Group

Supplemental

Selection

(TsKBEM

Jan-Feb

1967)

Rukavishnikov

NN

TsKBEM

1939

Sep

18

1971

23

3

1987

Jul

7

2002

Oct

19

Sevastyanov

VI

TsKBEM

1935

Jul

8

1970

22

2

1993

Dec

30

1967

Group

Second

Selection

(TsKBEM

18

Aug

1967)

Nikitskiy

VP

TsKBEM

1939

Mar

8

±

±

0

1968

May

27

Patsayev

VI

TsKBEM

1933

Jun

19

1971

25

1

Deceased

1971

Jun

30

Yazdovskiy

VA

TsKBEM

1930

Jun

8

±

±

0

1982

Jul

1

1972

Group

Third

Selection

(TsKBEM

27

Mar

1972)

Andreyev

BDTsKBEM

1940

Oct

6

±

±

0

1983

Sep

5

Lebedev

VV

TsKBEM

1942

Apr

14

1973

29

2

1989

Nov

4

Ponomaryov

YA

TsKBEM

1932

Mar

24

±

±

0

1983

Apr

11

2005

Apr

16

364 Appendix 6 ± The Cosmonaut Team 1960±2005

1973

Group

Fourth

Selection

(TsKBEM

27

Mar

1973)

Aksyonov

VV

TsKBEM

1935

Feb

1

1976

36

2

1988

Oct

17

Ivanchenkov

AS

TsKBEM

1940

Sep

28

1978

44

2

1993

Nov

3

Ryumin

VV

TsKBEM

1939

Aug

16

1977

41

4

1987

Oct

28

Strekalov

GM

TsKBEM

1940

Oct

28

1980

49

5

1995

Jan

17

2004

Dec

25

1977

Supplemental

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

1

Dec

1977)

Feoktistov

KP

Energiya

1926

Feb

7

1964

8

1

1987

Oct

28

1978

Group

Fifth

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

1

Dec

1978)

Aleksandrov

AP

Energiya

1943

Feb

20

1983

55

2

1993

Oct

12

Balandin

AN

Energiya

1953

Jul

30

1990

68

1

1994

Oct

17

Laveikin

AI

Energiya

1951

Apr

21

1987

61

1

1994

Mar

28

Manarov

MK

Energiya

1951

Mar

22

1987

63

2

1992

Jul

23

Savinykh

VP

Energiya

1940

Mar

7

1981

50

3

1989

Feb

9

Serebrov

AA

Energiya

1944

Feb

15

1982

52

3

1995

Apr

27

Solovyov

VA

Energiya

1946

Nov

11

1984

56

2

1994

Feb

18

1980

Group

Female

(Sixth)

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

30

Jul

1980)

Kuleshova

NDEnergiya

1956

Mar

14

±

±

0

1992

Jul

23

Pronina

IR

Energiya

1953

Apr

14

±

±

0

1992

Jul

23

1983

Transferred

from

MMZ

Skorost

to

NPO

Energiya

(16

May

1983)

Savitskaya

SY

Energiya

1948

Aug

8

1982

53

2

1993

Oct

27

1984

Group

Seventh

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

15

Feb

1984)

Kaleri

AY

Energiya

1956

May

13

1992

73

1

4

Active

Yemelyanov

SA

Energiya

1951

Aug

3

±

±

0

1992

Jul

9

1992

Dec

5

Appendix 6 ± The Cosmonaut Team 1960±2005 365

Name

D.O.B

First

Flight

Cosmonaut

No.

of

Status/Retirement*

Died/Killed*

Year

No.

(USSR

Russian

/Russia)

Flights

1985

Group

Eighth

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

2

Sep

1985)

Krikalev

SK

Energiya

1958

Aug

27

1988

67

6

Active

Zaitsev

AY

Energiya

1957

Aug

5

±

±

0

1996

Mar

14

1987

Group

Ninth

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

6

Mar

1987)

Avdeyev

SV

Energiya

1956

Jan

1

1992

74

2

3

2003

Feb

14

1989

Group

Tenth

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

25

Jan

1989)

Budarin

NM

Energiya

1953

Apr

29

1995

82

10

3

2004

Sep

7

Kondakova

YV

Energiya

1957

Mar

30

1994

80

8

2

1999

Dec

30

Poleshchuk

AF

Energiya

1953

Oct

30

1993

75

3

1

2004

Mar

25

Usachev

YV

Energiya

1953

Aug

31

1994

77

5

4

2004

Apr

5

1992

Group

Eleventh

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

3

Mar

1992)

Lazutkin

AI

Energiya

1957

Oct

30

1997

86

14

1

Active

Treshchev

SY

Energiya

1958

Aug

18

2002

97

27

1

Active

Vinogradov

PV

Energiya

1953

Aug

31

1997

87

15

1

Active

1994

Group

Twelfth

Selection

(NPO

Energiya

1

Apr

1994)

Kuzhelnaya

NV

Energiya

1962

Nov

6

±

±

0

2004

May

27

Tyurin

MV

Energiya

1960

Mar

2

2001

95

24

1

Active

1996

Group

Thirteenth

Selection

(RKK

Energiya

9

Feb

1996)

Kononenko

ODTsSKB

1964

Jun

21

±

±

0

Transferred

Kozeyev

KM

Energiya

1967

Dec

1

2001

96

23

1

Active

Revin

SN

Energiya

1966

Jan

12

±

±

0

Active

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1997

Group

Fourteenth

Selection

(RKK

Energiya

28

Jul

1997)

Skripochka

OI

Energiya

1969

Dec

24

±

±

0

Active

Yurchikhin

FN

Energiya

1959

Jan

3

2002

98

26

1

Active

1998

Supplemental

to

Fourteenth

Selection

(RKK

Energiya

24

Feb

1998)

Korniyenko

MB

Energiya

1960

Apr

15

±

±

0

Active

1999

Transferred

from

TsSKB

Samara

to

RKK

Energiya

(5

Jan

1999)

Kononenko

ODEnergiya

1964

Jun

21

±

±

0

Active

2003

Group

Fifteenth

Selection

(RKK

Energiya

29

May

2003)

Artemyev

OG

Energiya

1970

Dec

28

±

±

0

Candidate

Borisenko

AI

Energiya

1964

Apr

17

±

±

0

Candidate

Serov

MK

Energiya

1974

May

23

±

±

0

Candidate

Cosmonaut

Team

of

the

Institute

of

Medical

Biological

Problems

(Formed

in

1972

to

give

medical

support

in

orbit)

1972

Group

First

Selection

(22

Mar

1972)

Machinskiy

GV

Doctor

1937

Oct

11

±

±

0

1974

Jun

4

Polyakov

VV

Doctor

1942

Apr

27

1988

66

2

1995

Jun

1

Smirenniy

LN

Engineer

1932

Oct

25

±

±

0

1986

Oct

23

1978

Group

Second

Selection

(1

Dec

1978)

Arzamazov

GS

Doctor

1946

Mar

9

±

±

0

1995

Dec

1

Borodin

AV

Doctor

1953

Mar

3

±

±

0

1993

Mar

10

Potapov

MG

Doctor

1952

Oct

28

±

±

0

1985

May

27

1980

Group

Third

Selection

(30

Jul

1980)

Amelkina

GV

Doctor

1954

May

22

±

±

0

1983

May

Dobrokvashina

YI

Doctor

1947

Oct

8

±

±

0

1993

Mar

10

Pozharskaya

LG

Doctor

1947

Mar

15

±

±

0

1993

Mar

10

2002

Feb

18

Zakharova

TS

Doctor

1952

Apr

22

±

±

0

1995

Sep

1

Appendix 6 ± The Cosmonaut Team 1960±2005 367

Name

D.O.B

First

Flight

Cosmonaut

No.

of

Status/Retirement*

Died/Killed*

Year

No.

(USSR

Russian

/Russia)

Flights

1985

Group

Fourth

Selection

(2

Sep

1985)

Stepanov

YN

Engineer

1936

Sep

27

±

±

0

1995

Mar

20

1989

Group

Fifth

Selection

(25

Jan

1989)

Karashtin

VV

Doctor

1962

Nov

18

±

±

0

2002

Jan

17

Lukyanyuk

VY

Doctor

1958

Sep

22

±

±

0

2003

Feb

18

Morukov

BV

Doctor

1950

Oct

1

2000

93

22

1

Active

2003

Group

Sixth

Selection

(29

May

2003)

Ryazanskiy

SN

Biochemist

1974

Nov

13

±

±

0

Candidate

Cosmonauts

of

the

Flight

Research

Institute

of

the

Ministry

of

the

Aviation

Industry

(LII

MAP)

(All

civilian

test

pilots.

The

original

group

was

selected

by

the

GMVK

on

1

December

1978.

Later

candidates

were

approved

by

the

GMVK

then

officially

included

in

the

group

of

LII

Buran

Test

Pilots

by

MAP.

Despite

a

recommendation

from

the

GMVK

in

1995

to

disband

the

group,

it

still

exists

on

paper)

1978

Group

First

Selection

(GMVK

1

Dec

1978;

MAP

10

Aug

1981)

Kononenko

OG

Test

Pilot

1938

Aug

16

±

±

0

Deceased

1980

Sep

8

Levchenko

AS

Test

Pilot

1941

May

21

1987

64

1

Deceased

1988

Aug

6

Shchukin

AV

Test

Pilot

1946

Jan

19

±

±

0

Deceased

1988

Aug

18

Stankyavichus

RA

Test

Pilot

1944

Jul

26

±

±

0

Deceased

1990

Sep

9

Volk

IP

Test

Pilot

1937

Apr

12

1984

58

1

1983

Group

Second

Selection

(GMVK

9

Mar

1983;

MAP

25

Apr

1983)

Sultanov

UN

Test

Pilot

1948

Nov

18

±

±

0

Tolboyev

MO

Test

Pilot

1951

Jan

20

±

±

0

1994

Jan

12

368 Appendix 6 ± The Cosmonaut Team 1960±2005

1984

Group

Third

Selection

(GMVK

2

Sep

1984;

MAP

12

Apr

1984)

Zabolotskiy

VV

Test

Pilot

1946

Apr

19

±

±

0

1985

Group

Fourth

Selection

(GMVK

2

Sep

1985;

MAP

21

Nov

1995)

Sheffer

YP

Test

Pilot

1947

Jun

30

±

±

0

Deceased

2001

Jun

5

Tresvyatskiy

SN

Test

Pilot

1954

May

6

±

±

0

1989

Group

Fifth

Selection

(GMVK

25

Jan

1989;

MAP

22

Mar

1989)

Prikhodko

YV

Test

Pilot

1953

Nov

15

±

±

0

1994

Apr

27

2001

Jul

26

Cosmonauts

of

the

State

Red

Banner

Scientific

Research

Institute

of

the

Air

Force

(GKNII

VVS)

(All

military

test

pilots.

The

first

group

was

selected

by

the

GMVK

in

1978

but

it

was

not

until

1987

that

a

group

of

GKNII

Buran

test

pilots

was

officially

created

by

the

Ministry

of

Defence

(MO).

Not

all

the

pilots

selected

by

the

GMVK

were

officially

transferred

and

the

group

was

disbanded

by

the

Air

Force

on

30

September

1996)

1978

Group

(GMVK

1

Dec1978;

MO

7

Aug

1987)

Bachurin

II

Test

Pilot

1942

Jan

29

±

±

0

1987

Aug

Boroday

AS

Test

Pilot

1947

Jul

28

±

±

0

1987

Aug

Chirkin

VM

Test

Pilot

1944

Jul

13

±

±

0

1981

Mosolov

VY

Test

Pilot

1944

Feb

21

±

±

0

1987

Aug

Sattarov

NS

Test

Pilot

1942

Dec

23

±

±

0

1980

May

Solovykh

AM

Test

Pilot

1944

Jan

12

±

±

0

1986

1985

Group

(GMVK

Aug

1985.

All

transferred

to

the