Sergey Vladimirovich Kud-Sverchkov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Кудь-Сверчко́в; born on 23 August 1983) is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2010 by

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. He made his first spaceflight in 2020 aboard the

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as a flight engineer for ISS

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/ 64.

Career

In 2006, Kud-Sverchkov graduated with honours from

Moscow State Technical University The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BMSTU (russian: link=no, Московский государственный технический университет им. Н. Э. Баумана (МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана)), some ...

with a degree specializing in rocket engineering. Sergey Kud-Sverchkov worked as an engineer at

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 ...

from August 2006 until being selected to become a

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in April 2010 with another engineer of

, Andrei Babkin.

Cosmonaut career

Following his selection, Kud-Sverchkov began approximately two years of training from which he graduated in August 2012, becoming available for assignment to a long-duration flight to the International Space Station. In 2014, he participated in the

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mission of the European Space Agency alongside Scott Tingle, Alexander Mirsurkin,

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and Matthias Maurer. He also participated in the

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program in November 2018. This was the third mission of the Pangaea program. Kud-Sverchkov and veteran ESA astronaut

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went to the Ries Crater in Germany, the Italian Dolomites and the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain. ESA's Pangaea program prepares astronauts and space engineers to identify planetary geological features for future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.

Expedition 63/64

In May 2020, Kud-Sverchkov was assigned to ISS

/ 64 as a flight engineer. He launched aboard Soyuz MS-17 on 14 October 2020 alongside Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, commander of the

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spacecraft, and

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astronaut

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. The Soyuz MS-17 followed a 2-orbit rendezvous and docking procedure to dock with the Rassvet module of the ISS 3 hours and 3 minutes after launch. This was the first time a crew reached the ISS in less than 4 orbits and approximately 6 hours. On the 18th of November 2020, Kud-Sverchkov, wearing the Orlan MKS-N°4 suit, performed his first spacewalk with his crewmate Sergey Ryzhikov. The spacewalk begin at 15:12 UTC and finished after 6 hours and 48 minutes. The tasks were a leak tightness check for the exit hatch in '' Poisk'', replacement of the liquid flow regulator's removable panel on Zarya (aborted because of a "bulky bolt"), work on scientific equipment, commutation of the Tranzit-B antenna on '' Pirs'' to the ''Poisk'' module (to ensure continuity of communications with the Orlan suits), and changing the position of sensors for the precipitation and pressure control unit on the ''Poisk'' module. On the 19th of March 2021, he and his Soyuz crew mate performed a relocation of their Soyuz from the '' Rassvet'' module to the '' Poisk'' to let Rassvet for the Soyuz MS-18 schedule to arrive at the station on the 9th of April 2021. The ride lasted 34 minutes and was performed manually by Soyuz Commander, Sergey Ryzhikov. They returned to Earth on 17 April 2021, after almost 185 days in orbit.

References

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