Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov | |
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Олег Валериевич Котов | |
![]() Kotov in 2006 | |
Born | |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Physician |
Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Time in space | 526 days 5 hours 4 minutes |
Selection | 1996 RKA Group |
Total EVAs | 6 |
Total EVA time | 36 hours and 51 minutes |
Missions | Soyuz TMA-10 (Expedition 15), Soyuz TMA-17 (Expedition 22/23), Soyuz TMA-10M (Expedition 37/38) |
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Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging over 526 days in space. Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014.