Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin is a Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and former RSC Energia test cosmonaut whose career connects shuttle-era station assembly with mature long-duration International operations. Born in Batumi to a Pontic Greek family, he trained as a mechanical engineer before entering Energia's cosmonaut corps in the late 1990s.
- Born
- January 3, 1959
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Batumi,Soviet Union
Flights
5
Spacewalks
9
EVA time
59 hours, 28 minutes
In space
672 days, 20 hours, 38 minutes
Bio
His first spaceflight, STS-112, placed him inside the shuttle side of ISS construction. Atlantis delivered the S1 truss segment, and Yurchikhin worked as a while the crew supported assembly, transfer, and station outfitting work. That short flight became the starting point for a career that later centered on long-duration crews.
Yurchikhin returned to orbit aboard Soyuz TMA-10 for Expedition 15, then flew Soyuz TMA-19 for Expeditions 24 and 25, Soyuz TMA-09M for Expeditions 36 and 37, and Soyuz MS-04 for Expeditions 51 and 52. Across those missions he served as , Soyuz , and station commander, taking part in station maintenance, science operations, visiting-vehicle work, and repeated Russian-segment activity.
By the end of his fifth spaceflight he had logged more than 672 days in space and nine spacewalks. His record is useful because it shows the ISS program from two angles: the early assembly flights that built the station and the later expedition crews that kept it operating as a long-term research laboratory.