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Salizhan Sharipov

1964 - Today

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Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (born 24 August 1964) is a retired Kyrgyz cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two space walks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salizhan Sharipov is the 227th most popular astronaut (down from 186th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 65th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uzbekistani Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 227 out of 556. Before him are Tim Peake, Donald H. Peterson, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Mary L. Cleave, Taylor Wang, and Frank De Winne. After him are Reinhard Furrer, John Casper, William B. Lenoir, Yelena Kondakova, Piers Sellers, and Robert S. Kimbrough.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 280. Before him are Agnès Callamard, Denis Zvizdić, Yuriy Lutsenko, Goran Karan, Jens Weißflog, and Zazie. After him are Kikuko Inoue, Natalya Shikolenko, TobyMac, Evan Stone, Éric Bernard, and Heather Langenkamp.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 68 out of 190. Before him are Choʻlpon (1897), Abdulhashim Mutalov (1947), Ravshan Irmatov (1977), Lev Avnerovich Leviev (1956), Sabir Yunusov (1909), and Maksim Shatskikh (1978). After him are Furqat (1858), Natalya Shikolenko (1964), Rustam Kazakov (1947), Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (1930), El-Registan (1899), and Enver İzmaylov (1955).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Uzbekistan

Among astronauts born in Uzbekistan, Salizhan Sharipov ranks 2. Before him are Vladimir Dzhanibekov (1942).

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