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Aleksandr Kaleri

1956 - Today

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Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Калери; born in Jūrmala, Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a former Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space in 2010 and 2011 aboard the ISS serving as a flight engineer for the long duration Expedition 25/26 missions. He has spent the fifth-longest time in space of any person, and the longest time in space of any person not born in what is now Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Kaleri is the 191st most popular astronaut (up from 193rd in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 151st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Aleksandr Kaleri ranks 191 out of 556Before him are Theodore Freeman, Robert L. Behnken, Anatoly Levchenko, Léopold Eyharts, Anatoly Artsebarsky, and William Shepherd. After him are Rick Husband, C. Gordon Fullerton, Paul Lockhart, Michael López-Alegría, Oleg Atkov, and Yuri Malenchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Aleksandr Kaleri ranks 304Before him are Pedro Santana Lopes, Anatoly Artsebarsky, Gregorio Manzano, Sandy Neilson, Ernie Brandts, and Simon Tahamata. After him are Marin Alsop, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Marta Kauffman, Evelin Jahl, Ivan Nielsen, and Tomáš Šmíd.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Aleksandr Kaleri ranks 145 out of 323Before him are Laima Vaikule (1954), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Eliyahu Rips (1948), and Marija Naumova (1973). After him are Eduard Tisse (1897), Bruno Habārovs (1939), Jānis Cimze (1814), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), and Jānis Endzelīns (1873).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Latvia

Among astronauts born in Latvia, Aleksandr Kaleri ranks 2Before him are Anatoly Solovyev (1948). After him are Oleg Artemyev (1970).