Yuri Gidzenko

Yuri Gidzenko
Born	(1962-03-26) March 26, 1962 (age 62) Yelanets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Status	Retired
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Pilot
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
Time in space	329d 22h 44min
Selection	1987
Total EVAs	2
Total EVA time	3 hours 43 minutes
Missions	Soyuz TM-22 (Mir EO-20), Soyuz TM-31/STS-102 (Expedition 1), Soyuz TM-34/Soyuz TM-33
Mission insignia

Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut.^[1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He has also conducted two career spacewalks. Although he retired on July 15, 2001, he continued his employment by a special contract until Soyuz TM-34 concluded. Since 2004 to May 2009, Gidzenko was the Director of the 3rd department within the TsPK. Since May 2009 he serves as the Deputy Chief of Cosmonaut Training Center TsPK.