- Pavel Vinogradov
Infobox Astronaut
name =Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov
type =Cosmonaut
nationality =Russia n
date_birth =August 31 ,1953
date_death =
place_birth =Magadan ,Russia
place_death =
occupation =Engineer
rank =Test Cosmonaut, Energia
selection =1992
time = 380 d 16 h 16 m
mission =Soyuz TM-26 ,Soyuz TMA-8 ,Expedition 13
insignia =|Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( _ru. Павел Владимирович Виноградов) (born
August 31 ,1953 inMagadan ,Russia ) is acosmonaut .As of 2006 , he was one of the top 25 astronauts in terms of total time in space.Vinogradov graduated from
Moscow Aviation Institute in1977 . He subsequently worked as an aerospace engineer for RKK Energiya. He was selected for the cosmonaut program onMarch 3 ,1992 , and spent the next two years in training.Space flights
Vinogradov was the backup flight engineer for the
Soyuz TM-22 flight, launched onSeptember 3 1995 .He was assigned to the
Soyuz TM-24 flight, but the entire crew was grounded when the flight commander, G. Manakov, experienced heart problems.Vinogradov flew as the flight engineer on
Soyuz TM-26 onAugust 5 1997 , living onMir until returning to Earth onFebruary 19 1998 . During their 197 days, 17 hours, and 34 minutes in space, Vinogradov and expedition leaderAnatoly Solovyev carried out fivespacewalk s, totalling 25 hours and 16 minutes.On
March 30 2006 , he launched for theInternational Space Station onSoyuz TMA-8 as part ofExpedition 13 . He returned to Earth onSeptember 28 2006 .Vinogradov is married and has three children.
External links
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/vinogradov_pavel.htm Spacefacts biography of Pavel Vinogradov]
* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/vinogradov.html Cosmonaut Bio: Vinogradov Pavel Vladimirovich]
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