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Aleksandr Samokutyayev

1970 - Today

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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Самокутяев; born 13 March 1970 in Penza, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27/28 missions. He also served as the Soyuz TMA-21 commander. He most recently served on the Soyuz TMA-14M Expedition 41/42 crew aboard the ISS. He was hired as a cosmonaut in the summer of 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Samokutyayev is the 491st most popular astronaut (down from 429th in 2024), the 3,059th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,815th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Aleksandr Samokutyayev ranks 489 out of 556. Before him are Gregory H. Johnson, Sergey Ryzhikov, Richard A. Searfoss, and William Oefelein. After him are Hazza Al Mansouri, Victor J. Glover, Roger K. Crouch, Tang Hongbo, Kenneth Ham, Michael T. Good, James H. Newman, and Gregory J. Harbaugh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Aleksandr Samokutyayev ranks 905. Before him are Marsha Vadhanapanich, Fredrik Thordendal, Mike Brown, Aryana Sayeed, Charles Mesure, and Kang Hee-chan. After him are Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Søren Andersen, Aaron Jeffery, Noumandiez Doué, Gao Min, and Takamitsu Ota.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Samokutyayev ranks 3,053 out of 3,761. After him are Olga Seryabkina (1985), Vladimir Efimkin (1981), Tatyana Tomashova (1975), Nina Gavrylyuk (1965), Zabit Magomedsharipov (1991), Olga Kuragina (1959), Aleksandr Filimonov (1973), Oksana Grishina (1968), Maria Stepanova (1979), Irina Khabarova (1966), Vladislav Radimov (1975), and Sergei Ovchinnikov (1970).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Aleksandr Samokutyayev ranks 80. Before him are Dmitri Kondratyev (1969), Maksim Surayev (1972), Anatoli Ivanishin (1969), Oleg Skripochka (1969), Andrei Borisenko (1964), and Sergey Ryzhikov (1974). After him are Sergey Ryazansky (1974), Sergei Revin (1966), Alexander Misurkin (1977), and Evgeny Tarelkin (1974).

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