Oleg Platonov | |
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Олег Платонов | |
.jpg) Platonov in 2025 | |
| Born | Oleg Vladimirovich Platonov (1986-06-27)27 June 1986 (age 39) |
| Status | Active |
| Alma mater | Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Test cosmonaut |
Previous occupation | Military pilot |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel,Russian Air Force |
Time in space | 166 days, 16 hours and 57 minutes |
| Selection | 17th Cosmonaut Group (2018) |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia |    |
Oleg Vladimirovich Platonov (Russian: Олег Владимирович Платонов; born 27 June 1986) is a Russian cosmonaut selected byRoscosmos in 2018 as part of the Group 17 cosmonaut selection. A former military pilot and engineer, Platonov was scheduled to make his first spaceflight aboard theSoyuz MS-25 mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS) in 2025. This was changed to theSpaceX Crew-11 after a seat swap with a US astronaut.
Oleg Platonov was born on 27 June 1986 inChelyabinsk,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union (now Russia). After completing his secondary education, he enrolled at theKrasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, specializing in "Aircraft Operation and Air Traffic Management."[1] He graduated on 18 October 2008 with a degree in engineering[1] and become a pilot with the Russian Air Force.[2]
Following his graduation, Platonov served in theRussian Air Force from October 2008 to November 2018. Initially stationed inArtyom,Primorsky Krai, he began as a pilot and advanced to senior pilot within an aviation unit of a fighter squadron until February 2014. That month, he was appointed commander of an aviation unit within the22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of theRussian Aerospace Forces, achieving the rank of major.[2]
Platonov was selected as a cosmonaut candidate by Roscosmos in 2018 as part of the Group 17 selection process. He completed his basic cosmonaut training and was officially qualified as a test cosmonaut. In February 2025, Roscosmos announced that Platonov would fly aboard a U.S.Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the Crew-11 mission, which launched in August 2025, under a seat-swap agreement withNASA.[3] However, he was initially assigned to theSoyuz MS-25 mission, planned for earlier in 2025, marking his first spaceflight to the ISS.
