Mark Viacheslavovich Serov (Russian

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: Марк Вячеславович Серов; born May 23, 1974, in

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geogr ...

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) is a retired Russian cosmonaut first selected in

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Biography

On June 16, 2003, Serov began training as a cosmonaut. He was appointed as a test cosmonaut on July 5, 2005; however, on November 9, 2010, he was removed from flight status for medical reasons. Serov continued working with

RSC Energia PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация «Энергия» им. С. П. Королёва, Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im. S. P. Korolyov ...

in a number of roles. In 2012, he participated in the committee that selected the 2012 cosmonaut group and served as the deputy director of the 291st department of RSC Energia. Subsequently, he was named deputy head of the Scientific and Technical Center in June 2018. Serov left the cosmonaut corps and began working at S7 Space on February 19, 2019. He is married to

Yelena Serova Yelena Olegovna Serova (russian: link=no, Елена Олеговна Серова, born 22 April 1976) is a Russian politician and former astronaut, cosmonaut. She served as a Deputy (legislator), Deputy in the State Duma of Russia, Russian Fe ...

, also a cosmonaut and current politician who is a former resident of the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ...

. They have one daughter.

External links

Astronaut.ru biography

People from Penza 1974 births Living people Russian cosmonauts {{Russia-engineer-stub