- Salizhan Sharipov
Infobox Astronaut
name =Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov
|thumb|right|150px|Salizhan S. Sharipov
type =Cosmonaut
status =Active
nationality =Kyrgyz /Russia n
date_birth =birthdateandage|1964|08|24
place_birth =Uzgen ,Osh oblast ,Kyrgyz SSR ,Soviet Union
occupation =Air Force Pilot
rank =Lieutenant
selection =1990 Cosmonaut Group
time =201d 14h 50m
mission =STS-89 ,Soyuz TMA-5 ,Expedition 10
insignia = |Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов) (born August 24 1964 in
Uzgen ,Osh oblast ,Kirghiz SSR , now inKyrgyzstan ) is aRussia n cosmonaut. Although he lives inKyrgyzstan , he is from a minorityUzbek group. He is married to Nadezhda Mavlyanovna Sharipova. They have one daughter and one son. He is known to enjoy football (soccer) and reading. His father, Mr. Shakirzhan Sharipov, resides inUzgen .Education
Graduated from the
Soviet Air Force Pilot School in1987 . In1994 , he graduated fromMoscow State University with a degree incartography .Experience
After graduation from the Air Force Pilot School in
1987 , he worked as a pilot-instructor and taught eightcadets . He has logged over 950 hours flying time. He has experience flying on MiG-21 and L-39 aircraft.Selected by the
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Sharipov became a cosmonaut-candidate in1990 . In1992 , he completed general space training and became a cosmonaut. As a member of the group he has completed a full course of training for OC MIR space flights as a crew commander.Sharipov has logged over 211 hours in space.
He served as a mission specialist on the crew of
STS-89 (January 22 –31,1998 ), the eighthShuttle-Mir docking mission during which the crew transferred more than 8,000 pounds of scientific equipment, logistical hardware and water fromSpace Shuttle Endeavour toMir . In the fifth and last exchange of a U.S. astronaut, STS-89 deliveredAndy Thomas to Mir and returned withDavid Wolf . Mission duration was 8 days, 19 hours and 47 seconds, traveling 3.6 million miles in 138 orbits of theEarth .Sharipov was also Flight Engineer on
Expedition 10 to theInternational Space Station .
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