Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 2004.
1Flight
9d 21hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin (Russian: Юрий Георгиевич Шаргин) is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces. He was selected as a cosmonaut on February 9, 1996. He was selected in 2004, to be the flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-5 mission to the International Space Station. Shargin was the first Russian military cosmonaut on board and had a secret mission.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Engels
- Education
- Mozhaysky Air Force Academy; Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces
- Awards
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation; Defence Ministry's 200 year medal; Hero of the Russian Federation; Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class; and 7 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-5October 14, 2004 · 03:06 UTC
Born 1960-03-20 · age 66