Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Yuri Malenchenko

Russia

Yuri Malenchenko
Retired

Biography

/01

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.

Type

Government

Age

64

Date of Birth

December 22, 1961

First Flight

July 1, 1994

Last Flight

December 15, 2015

Career Stats

/02
6

Flights

6

Landings

6

Spacewalks

P827DT9H21M40S

Time in Space

← Back to Astronauts