Anna Kikina

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Anna Yuryevna Kikina is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. Kikina is assigned to Crew-5 mission which is to launch in 2022. The seat was arranged as a part of exchange agreement between Roscosmos and NASA, allowing Russian cosmonaut to fly on US vehicle while American astronaut gets a seat on Soyuz. Kikina will be the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on Crew Dragon.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Novosibirsk

Education

Siberian State University of Water Transport

Awards

Hero of the Russian Federation; Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation; Gagarin medal; Master of Sports of Russia

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29Flight Engineer · Success · with Anil Menon, Pyotr DubrovJuly 14, 2026 · 14:47 UTC
• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-5Mission Specialist · Success · with Josh A. Cassada, Koichi Wakata, Nicole Aunapu MannOctober 5, 2022

• Expedition 75International Space Station · Flight Engineer2026-07-26