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  NASA - Sergei Krikalev: From Engineering and Aerobatics to Cosmonautics
Sergei Krikalev is no stranger to the International Space Station.
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev was born Aug. 27, 1958, in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia.
Krikalev is married and the father of a daughter.
www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition11/exp11_prof_krikalev.html   (646 words)

  
  Sergei Krikalev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, born August 27, 1958) is a Russian cosmonaut.
Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985, completed his basic training in 1986, and, for a time, was assigned to the Buran Shuttle program.
Krikalev was one of two candidates named by the Russian Space Agency for mission specialist training with the crew of STS-60.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sergei_Krikalev   (1351 words)

  
 ESA - Eneide - Vittori mission - Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev
Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985, completing his basic training in 1986, and, for a time, was assigned to the Buran Shuttle programme.
In July 1991, Krikalev agreed to stay on Mir as flight engineer for the next crew, scheduled to arrive in October because the next two planned flights had been reduced to one.
Krikalev is currently training for ISS Expedition 11, scheduled for launch in April 2005 on a six-month mission.
www.esa.int /SPECIALS/Eneide/SEMUPWRMD6E_0.html   (598 words)

  
 New Station Docks With Space Station
Krikalev was ready to take over manual control of the spacecraft as it approached the Station, but his intervention was not necessary.
Krikalev is a veteran of five previous spaceflights, including two missions to the Russian space station Mir and two Shuttle flights.
Krikalev and Phillips are scheduled to spend about 180 days on the Station, returning to Earth in October, a little over a week after the arrival of their Expedition 12 successors.
nyjtimes.com /cover/04-19-05/NewStationDocksWithSpaceStation.htm   (802 words)

  
 Sergei Krikalev   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In December 1990, Krikalev began training for the ninth MIR mission which included training for 10 EVA's.
After the crew replacement in October, Volkov and Krikalev continued MIR experiment operations and conducted another EVA before returning to Earth on March 25, 1992.
Krikalev was a member of the Expedition-1 crew.
www.space-explorers.org /bios/krikalev.html   (1035 words)

  
 Cosmonaut clocks up record time in space - space - 16 August 2005 - New Scientist
Krikalev, who was born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1958, won the top national prize for daredevil aerobatic flying in 1986 and later received numerous international honours, including "Hero of Russia", for his spaceflights.
Krikalev has now broken the record set by cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev during three missions to Mir.
The fact that Krikalev has been repeatedly tapped for these long and critical missions suggests "he's probably the best performer you're going to find" in terms of handling the stresses of spaceflight, says David Musson, a physician and psychology researcher at the University of Texas in Austin, US.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7852   (839 words)

  
 Www.spacepatches.info - ISS - exp11
Both he and Krikalev felt that, due to uncertainties in the launch vehicle and selection for the 3rd crewmember, a design incorporating both Soyuz and Shuttle might be “risky”.
Krikalev's initial response was to actually start each plume with a flag (Russian on the left plume, American on the right).
ISS Commander Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, are expected to launch on a Soyuz vehicle and to be in orbit during the return to flight of the Space Shuttle.
www.mach25.nl /~jacques/tma/exp11.html   (2432 words)

  
 Russian Cosmonaut, Sergei Krikalev, Breaks Space Record - The Post Chronicle
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev was born August 27, 1958, in Leningrad, Russia, and is married with one daughter.
Krikalev was selected as a cosmonaut in 1985, completed his basic training in 1986, and was assigned to the Buran Shuttle program.
Krikalev flew on STS-88 Endeavour (December 4-15, 1998), and was a member of the Expedition-1 crew that launched October 31, 2000 on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, successfully docking with the station on November 2, 2000.
www.postchronicle.com /news/science/article_212337.shtml   (1222 words)

  
 Krikalev, Sergei
He became the new record-holder on Aug. 16, while serving as commander of the International Space Station, when his total of 748 days logged in orbit surpassed that of Sergei Avdeyev.
Krikalev, who was born in Leningrad, won the top national prize for daredevil aerobatic flying in 1986 and later received numerous international honors, including "Hero of Russia", for his spaceflights.
He flew twice to the Russian space station Mir –; once staying on for back-to-back six-month tours when one of the subsequent two flights to Mir was cancelled.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/K/Krikalev.html   (221 words)

  
 Spacewalkers retrieve radiation monitor - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The two residents of the station, NASA Science Officer John Phillips and Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev floated outside and left their orbiting home vacant Thursday to retrieve a nearly lifesize space doll and other science experiments.
Working 220 miles up, Krikalev and Phillips retrieved bundles of research experiments that had been hanging on the outside of the complex for some time, so they could bring them back in for eventual return to Earth.
Besides fetching the experiments, Krikalev and Phillips hooked up a TV camera that will be used when a new kind of cargo ship arrives at the station next year.
www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/08/18/two_space_station_residents_step_outside   (568 words)

  
 Videx - TimeWand II Article
Launched into space in May 1991, Sergei was forced to remain on the MIR station when, for political and economic reasons, the replacement cosmonaut didn't arrive.
Sergei notes, "The work in space is very busy, with little time for fun." With their demanding schedule, Sergei and his fellow cosmonauts look for efficient methods and procedures to complete their work.
Sergei was the first cosmonaut trained in the use of personal computers and bar code in space.
www.videx.com /news/web-articles/timewand2.html   (1418 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Space record broken by Russian
Krikalev is the current commander of the International Space Station (ISS) and is scheduled to stay on board the orbiting platform until October.
Sergei Krikalev was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Russia, in 1958.
Krikalev and Phillips are due to return to Earth on 7 October.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4156692.stm   (309 words)

  
 Spaceflight News Discussion Forum -> International Space Station Status Report   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Krikalev is a veteran of two long-duration flights to the Soviet Union's Space Station Mir; two flights on the Shuttle; and two flights to the ISS.
Krikalev was aboard Mir when the Soviet Union disintegrated; was the first Russian to fly on the Shuttle in 1994; was a member of the Shuttle crew that began assembly of the ISS in 1998; and a member of the first crew to live on board the Station in 2000.
Krikalev and Phillips repaired the Elektron with a new liquids unit that was brought up on a recent Progress spacecraft.
www.spaceflightnews.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1376   (4403 words)

  
 Expedition 11 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Expedition 11 (2005) is the 11th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-6, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.
During the Expedition 11 mission, Russian Commander Sergei Krikalev exceeded the record for total time in space (formerly held by Sergei Avdeyev with 747.593 days).
Krikalev at launch had spent 624.387 days in space.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Expedition_11   (516 words)

  
 So I Want To Be An Astronaut
This stay was unexpectedly long, with Krikalev spending 10 straight months in the cramped quarters, while political turmoil wiped his Soviet homeland off the map.
Krikalev said that he was feeling fine, though he appeared a little dizzy and was given smelling salts.
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev of the Expedition-1 crew, who had previously spent a year in space prior to his Space Station stay, proves a master at moving around in zero-G. (Myers says watching Sergei is like "watching a ballet dancer - he's absolute perfection in that medium").
q80girl.blogspot.com /2004/09/sergei-konstantinovich-krikalev.html   (967 words)

  
 Spaceflight News Discussion Forum -> Crew Preps for Spacewalk; Krikalev to Break Record   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Station Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips are preparing for their mission's first spacewalk.
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips will go outside the International Space Station this Thursday on a spacewalk to remove, replace and photograph experiments and relocate equipment.
Krikalev and Phillips will install a television camera on Zvezda, then photograph and check a Korma contamination exposure experiment tablet on a handrail.
www.spaceflightnews.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1384   (1321 words)

  
 Shuttle-Mir History/People/Cosmonauts/Krikalev
Sergei Krikalev was the first cosmonaut to fly on an American Space Shuttle as part of the cooperative agreement between Russia and the United States.
As a mission specialist, Krikalev operated the shuttle's robot arm and supported a wide variety of materials science experiments during the nine-day mission.
For additional details of Krikalev's Mir experiences and his many years in the space industry, visit NASA Biography: Sergei Krikalev.
spaceflight.nasa.gov /history/shuttle-mir/people/p-c-krikalev.htm   (198 words)

  
 AEF - Visions Learning Activities
HOUSTON -- Endeavour space shuttle commander Bob Cabana and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev left the shuttle crew cabin Thursday, floated through the tunnel that docks it to other space objects and stopped at the first hatch at the base of Unity, the first piece of the new International Space Station.
The rest of the crew soon followed as Cabana and Krikalev pulled open hatch after hatch -- six in all -- to lead their crewmates along the length of the 76-foot-long station.
Krikalev is a member of the first three-man crew.
www.aef.org /visions/121198.asp   (616 words)

  
 STS-102 Mission Specialist 3: Sergei Krikalev
In April 1990, Krikalev began preparing for his second flight as a member of the backup crew for the eighth long-duration MIR mission, which also included 5 EVA's and a week of Soviet-Japanese operations.
In completing his fourth space flight, Krikalev logged more than 1 year, 3 months and 19 days in space, including seven EVA's.
Krikalev is currently living and working aboard the International Space Station.
www.shuttlepresskit.com /sts-102/crew23.htm   (1006 words)

  
 Untitled Document
With the completion of this flight, Krikalev logged an additional 8 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes in space.
Krikalev is the Commander of Expedition-11 and is living and working aboard the International Space Station on a six-month tour of duty.
In completing his fifth space flight, Krikalev logged more than 1 year, 5 months and 10 days in space, including seven EVA's.
freespace.virgin.net /p.thompson/astronautbios/sergeikrikalev.html   (1143 words)

  
 STS-88 Mission Specialist 4: Sergei Krikalev
In completing his second mission, Krikalev logged more than 1 year and 3 months in space, including seven EVA's.
Krikalev is assigned to the first International Space Station crew.
Krikalev will serve on the crew of STS-88, the first Space Shuttle mission to carry hardware to space for the assembly of the International Space Station.
www.shuttlepresskit.com /sts-88/crew23.htm   (912 words)

  
 CBS News | Spacecraft Blasts Off From Russia | April 15, 2005 08:31:03
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and American John Phillips were headed for a six-month stay on the ISS, while their colleague from the European Space Agency, Italian Roberto Vittori, was due to return to Earth in 10 days with the current station crew.
Krikalev said he expected to be moved by the shuttle arrival.
Krikalev, 46, is one of the most experienced space flyers, having made missions both to the ISS and the Russian space station Mir.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/04/14/tech/main688306.shtml   (760 words)

  
 Film Review, Out of the Present, 1991 - Johnson's Russia List 1-10-03
One of the quirkiest episodes connected with the implosion of the U.S.S.R. (the implosion itself was the strangest thing of all), came when the once proud Soviet space program sent the cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev rocketing to the Mir station in May 1991.
While Krikalev was up there, his country was, you might say, pulled out from under him.
Krikalev stays on; his mission calls for a tour of 160 days.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7011-22.cfm   (1437 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After loss of communication with the Salyuit station in February 1985 he was involved in the team developing and testing the procedure to fly to the uncontrollable station.
After studying the US EVA spacesuit and passing the corresponding test Krikalev with the spacesuit donned worked in neutral buoyancy laboratory on developing the procedures to assemble the future station in space.
From October 31, 2000 through March 21, 2001 Krikalev performed his fifth space flight under the ISS (ISS-1) first Prime Crew Program as the ISS Pilot, Commander of the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft and specialist of the Discovery flight 3 under STS-102 in the recovery stage.
www.energia.ru /english/energia/iss/iss11/krikalev.html   (1710 words)

  
 Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Krikalev is a cosmonaut who was born on August 27, 1958, in Leningrad, Russia.
In 1988, Krikalev flew aboard the Mir space station.
During this stay, Krikalev made an unprecedented 6 spacewalks where he did space construction.
www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/krikalev.html&cdp=/windows3   (111 words)

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