Oleg Germanovich Artemiev
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| Image:Artemiev.jpg Oleg Germanovich Artemiev | |
| Birth Name | Oleg Germanovich Artemiev |
|---|---|
| Birth Date | Dec 28 1970 |
| Occupation | Roskosmos Test Cosmonaut |
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Personal Data
Born December 28, 1970, in Riga, Latvia.
Education
In 1990 graduated from the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute.
Experience
In 1990 - 1991 he served in the Soviet Army in Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (presently Lithuanian Republic).
Spaceflight Experience
RSA EXPERIENCE: In January 2003 successfully passed technical examinations at the Energia Rocket Space Corporation. On May 29, 2003, the Interdepartmental Board assigned him to the GCTC Cosmonaut Corps for basic training. On June 16, 2003, he started basic training for spaceflight and completed the training course on June 28, 2005, by passing state examinations at the GCTC with excellent scores. On July 5, 2005, he was certified as a test cosmonaut. January 29-31, 2005, Artemiev participated in winter survival training with Michael Barratt and Sandra Magnus, NASA astronauts, as a crew commander. Emergency landing of the Soyuz Descent Module was simulated in the Moscow Region forest and lasted for two days. June 2-10, 2006, he took part in water survival training with Yuri Lonchakov and Oleg Skripochka. The Soyuz Descent Module emergency landing to the water was simulated near Sevastopol, Ukraine. January 16-27, 2007, participated in winter survival training with Charles Simonyi from the USA and Sergey Revin in the forest 30 km away from Moscow. November 15-29, 2007, he participated in a 14-day-long test as a part of the MARS-500 Experiment. From March 31 to July 14, 2009, took part in a 105-day-long preparatory experiment for MARS-500. Since 2011 he is a test cosmonaut of the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps.
Special Honours
Other Information
Since 1998 till 2011 worked at the Energia Rocket Space Corporation.
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