Oleg Kotov Astronaut

Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on October 27, 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 two long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging just short of a year in space. Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014.

Personal facts

Oleg Kotov
Birth dateAugust 27, 1965
Birth place
Soviet Union , Simferopol , Ukraine
Nationality
Russia

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Astronaut

missions
Expedition 15
Soyuz TMA-10
Soyuz TMA-17
Expedition 37
Expedition 38
Soyuz TMA-10M
Expedition 22
Expedition 23
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
statusActive
Time in space526 days 5 hours 3 minutes

Oleg Kotov on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kotov_oleg.htm