Oleg Artemyev | |
|---|---|
Олег Артемьев | |
 Artemyev in 2014 | |
| Born | Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (1970-12-28)December 28, 1970 (age 54) |
| Status | Active |
| Alma mater | Bauman Moscow State Technical University |
| Spouse | Anna Sergeevna Malikhova |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Test cosmonaut |
Time in space | 560 days, 18 hours and 6 minutes[1] |
| Selection | RKKE-15 Cosmonaut Group (2003) |
TotalEVAs | 8 |
Total EVA time | 53 hours and 32 minutes |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia |       |
| Website | www |
Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (Russian:Олег Германович Артемьев; born December 28, 1970) is aRussianCosmonaut for theRussian Federal Space Agency. He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003.[1] He was a flight engineer ofExpedition 39 and40 to theInternational Space Station. In 2018, he returned to space as the commander ofSoyuz MS-08, and in 2022, he returned to space as the commander ofSoyuz MS-21.
Artemyev was born inRiga,Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, present-dayLatvia, on December 28, 1970, and grew up in Leninsk (nowBaikonur), Kazakhstan.[2]
He graduated from theTallinn Polytechnical School in 1990. In 1998, he graduated fromBauman Moscow State Technical University with a degree in Low Temperature Technology and Physics.[3] Artemyev graduated from the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of the Russian Federation in 2009, specializing in Personnel Management.
He is married to Anna Sergeevna Malikhova.[4]
After his graduation, Artemyev served in theSoviet Army inVilnius,Lithuania, until 1991. He has worked atRKKE since 1998.[1] At RKKE he was involving in developing testing procedures forExtra-vehicular Activity (EVA) equipment in neutral buoyancy at the hydrodynamics laboratory, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Artemyev was a member of the pre-launch processing team of theZvezda Service Module working on the EVA and teleoperation control system. In 2000, he received medical clearance to begin special training related to space flight operation.
Artemyev was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group on May 29, 2003.[1] In the following years, he entered Soyuz and ISS specific training. In 2006, together with American astronautsMichael Barrat andSandra Magnus, Artemyev completed survival training as part of Soyuz training procedures. Again in June 2006, Artemyev,Yuri Lonchakov andOleg Skripochka completed emergency water training inSevastopol followed by another session of survival training withSergei Revin andspace touristCharles Simony in January 2007. In 2008, he was part of a testing campaign of theOrlan-MK space suit.
As part of the Soyuz Processing Team, Artemyev worked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2010 and 2011. He was the descent module operator for theSoyuz TMA-01M mission. He also processed theSoyuz TMA-21 spacecraft that launched in 2011.[5]
Artemyev also has a personalvlog on YouTube where he films the daily life on theISS.[6]
Artemyev was a crew member in the 15-day and 105-day precursor studies of theMARS-500 program between 2007 and 2009.
Artemyev was a member of theExpedition 39/40 long-durationInternational Space Station crew. The mission launched on aSoyuz rocket from theBaikonur Cosmodrome,Kazakhstan, on March 25, 2014, and returned to Earth on September 11, 2014.[7][8][9]
Artemyev launched on March 21, 2018 as part ofExpedition 55/56. He was the commander ofSoyuz MS-08.[10] He returned to Earth on October 5, 2018.[11]
Artemyev launched for the third time on March 18, 2022 onboardSoyuz MS-21. He joined theInternational Space StationExpedition 66 and became part of theExpedition 67 crew. Later in Expedition 67, he assumed command of the International Space Station fromNASA astronautThomas Marshburn on 5 May 2022. He spent 195 days in space before returning to Earth on 29 September 2022 at 10:57 UTC.
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