Yuri Shargin

Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin (Russian: Юрий Георгиевич Шаргин) is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces.

Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin
Born (1960-03-20) March 20, 1960
Engels, RSFSR, Soviet Union
StatusRetired
NationalityRussian
OccupationAeronautics
Space career
RKA Cosmonaut
RankLieutenant Colonel, Russian Space Forces
Time in space
9d 21h 30m
Selection1996 RKA Group
MissionsSoyuz TMA-5, Soyuz TMA-4
Mission insignia

Biography

He was born March 20, 1960, in Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR. His father was Jewish.[1] He is divorced and has two children.

Shargin graduated in 1982 from the Military Engineering Academy for Aeronautics and Astronautics located in Leningrad.[2] He is a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Space Forces.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on February 9, 1996.[3]

He was selected in 2004, to be the flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-5 mission to the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-5 was successfully launched on October 14, 2004.[4]

Shargin was the first Russian Space Forces cosmonaut to launch into space. Due to his late addition to the crew and lack of background information or information about his activities in space, some questioned the motives of his flight. However, chief flight director Vladimir Solovyov, assured, “We, on the ISS, are not involved in military matters.”[2]

After nearly 10 days in space, he returned to Earth on board Soyuz TMA-4[2]

He retired from the cosmonaut corps in August 2008[5]

References
  1. "Космонавт с еврейскими корнями". Еврейский Обозреватель. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. Oberg, James (2004-10-23). "An unusual path to space and back". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  3. Rex D. Hall; David J. Shayler; Bert Vis (2005). Russia's Cosmonauts, Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center. Springer Praxis Books. Praxis. p. 141. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73975-5. ISBN 978-0-387-21894-6. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  4. "Soyuz TMA-5". spacefacts.de. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  5. "Cosmonaut Biography: Yuri Shargin". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2019-07-26.


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