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Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov
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Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov. ISS crew in December 2000 Anatoly Artsebarsky, Helen Sharman, and Sergey Krikalyov
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Born August 27, 1958 (age 66) • St. Petersburg • Russia

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Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov.
ISS crew in December 2000
Anatoly Artsebarsky, Helen Sharman, and Sergey Krikalyov
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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Valery Polyakov
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yelena Kondakova.
Yelena Kondakova
Russian cosmonaut
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Helen Sharman
Helen Sharman
British chemist and astronaut
Muhammed Faris
Syrian pilot and air force officer
Aleksandr Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg
Sergey Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
Russian cosmonaut
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Peake, Tim
Tim Peake
British astronaut and military officer
Scott Kelly
American astronaut
Pedro Duque
Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Afghan pilot and cosmonaut

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