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Boris Vladimirovich Morukov | |
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| Born | (1950-10-01)October 1, 1950 |
| Died | 1 January 2015(2015-01-01) (aged 64) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Physician,cosmonaut |
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| RKA Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 11d 19h 12m |
| Selection | 1989 |
| Missions | STS-106 |
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Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (Russian:Бори́с Влади́мирович Моруков; 1 October 1950 – 1 January 2015) was a Russianphysician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with theRussian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut and flew aboardNASA Space Shuttle missionSTS-106 as amission specialist.
Morukov graduated from high school in 1967 and received hisM.D. from the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute (nowRussian State Medical University) in 1973. He joined the professorate inspace,aviation and naval medicine at the Institute for Biomedical Problems in 1978 and received aPh.D in these disciplines in 1979. As a cosmonaut-physician, Morukov completedmedical training incardiology,gastroenterology,otolaryngology,stomatology,ophthalmology, andcardiopulmonary resuscitation between 1989 and 1991. In 1995, he took an advanced course in emergency medical care. In 1996, he completed a medical training course inendocrinology andhematology.[citation needed]
From October 1990 to February 1992, Morukov attended a basic space-training course atGagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. For more than two decades he was involved in providing medical operations support for crewed space flights. From 1979 to 1980 he provided medical support for the prolonged space missions on the space station "Salyut 6" as a member of the staff inMission Control Center. From 1982 to 1987, Morukov coordinated scientific projects dedicated to the development of countermeasures to the negative metabolic changes that occur duringhypokinesia andmicrogravity. His specific scientific interest in this area iscalcium metabolism correction. He organized a series of experiments with prolonged head-down tilt, including a 370-day experiment dedicated to the experimental testing of a countermeasure complex for prolonged space flights. He participated in a joint American-Russian medical experiment onSTS-60,Mir 18/STS-71 and all other Mir-NASA Project Missions. From 1995 to 1998 he served as the Human Life-Sciences Experiments Coordinator for the NASA-Mir scientific program. He published more than 100 scientific papers and haspatents for four inventions.[citation needed]
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Morukov was first selected for medical-cosmonaut service in 1976. Based on his qualifications, he was continually offered medical-cosmonaut selection and was chosen as a cosmonaut-researcher in 1989. Upon completion of his basic cosmonaut-training in 1992, he became a cosmonaut-researcher in the Institute for Biomedical Problems. From January to July 1993, Morukov completed a technical, medical and scientific training course as a cosmonaut-researcher of the cosmonaut-physician flight on-boardMir Station Project (during Mir 15-17 Missions). From November 1997 to February 1998, he completed a regularly scheduled technical training course, which included ISS Russian-segment systems. From August 1998 to January 1999, Morukov attended the Flight-Surgeon Training Course atJohnson Space Center.
Morukov served on the crew ofSTS-106 (8–20, 2000). The STS-106 crew successfully prepared theInternational Space Station for the arrival of the first permanent crew. The five astronauts and two cosmonauts delivered more than 6,600 pounds of supplies and installedbatteries, power converters, atoilet and a treadmill on the Space Station. Two crew members performed a space walk in order to connect power, data and communications cables to the newly arrivedZvezda Service Module and the Space Station. Morukov logged 11 days, 19 hours, and 10 minutes in space.
Morukov died on 1 January 2015, aged 64, from undisclosed causes.[1][2] He is survived by his wife, Nina, son Ivan, daughter Olga, and mother, Lidia F. Khromova.
