Yuri Malenchenko | |
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Born | |
Status | Retired[1] |
Nationality | Russian |
Other names | Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko |
Occupation | Fighter pilot |
Awards | |
Space career | |
Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Rank | Colonel, Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 827 days 09 hours 20 minutes |
Selection | 1987 TsPK Cosmonaut Group |
Total EVAs | 6 |
Total EVA time | 34 hours and 52 minutes |
Missions | Soyuz TM-19 (Mir EO-16) STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 (Expedition 7), Soyuz TMA-11 (Expedition 16), Soyuz TMA-05M (Expedition 32/33), Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47) |
Mission insignia |
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.[2] As of December 2023, Malenchenko ranks third for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS).[3] He is a former commander of the International Space Station.