Andrey Valerievich Fediaev (

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: Андрей Валерьевич Федяев; born February 26, 1981) is a Russian

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Biography

Fediaev received an engineering degree in air transport and

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from the Balashov Military Aviation School in 2004. Following graduation, Fediaev joined the

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in the 317th mixed aviation segment. He obtained the rank of major before his retirement in 2013. He logged over 500 hours in Russian aircraft. Fediaev was selected as a cosmonaut in

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. He reported to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 2012 and was named a test cosmonaut on June 16, 2014. On July 15, 2022, he was assigned to the

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mission after a recent crew swap agreement between

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and

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External links

Astronaut.ru biography

Roscosmos biography

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