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Fyodor Yurchikhin

1959 - Today

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Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin (Russian: Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek: Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959) is a Russian cosmonaut of Pontic Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mission STS-112. His second was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a flight engineer for Expedition 15; for this mission he was launched in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He has undertaken two further long-duration stays aboard the ISS, as a crew member of Expedition 24 / 25. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fyodor Yurchikhin is the 168th most popular astronaut (down from 163rd in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 198th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Fyodor Yurchikhin ranks 168 out of 556. Before him are Vitaly Sevastyanov, Roberta Bondar, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Paul J. Weitz, and Leonid Kadeniuk. After him are Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Valentin Lebedev, Ronald McNair, Anatoly Solovyev, Yi So-yeon, and Edward Gibson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Fyodor Yurchikhin ranks 217. Before him are Blaž Slišković, Ezzaki Badou, Guy Laliberté, Stephen Wolfram, Sérgio da Rocha, and Ferzan Özpetek. After him are Aleksei Balabanov, Leila de Lima, Ricardo Gallego, Adrian Paul, Barbara Krause, and David Shore.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Fyodor Yurchikhin ranks 168 out of 406. Before him are Boris Paichadze (1915), Haykanoush Danielyan (1893), Edvard Mirzoyan (1921), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), and Joseph Orbeli (1887). After him are Meliton Balanchivadze (1862), Mary Eristavi (1888), Badri Patarkatsishvili (1955), Lado Gudiashvili (1896), David IX of Georgia (1400), and Kakhi Asatiani (1947).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Georgia

Among astronauts born in Georgia, Fyodor Yurchikhin ranks 1. 

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