Kononenko

Oleg Dmitriyevich

Russia


International order nº: 482

Russian cosm. nº: 100


Personal data:

Birthdate:  21 Jun 1964
Birthplace:  Chardzhou / Chardzhou Oblast / TURKMENIA
Marital status: married
Children: two
Grade / Fonction:  
Selection date:  29 Mar 1996
Selection group:  MKS
Job:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  active
Kononenko Oleg

Spaceflights:

Launch Spacecraft Date and time
of launch
Status while
launch
Spacecraft
of landing
Date and time
of landing
Duration
1 Soyuz TMA-12 08 Apr 2008
11:16 UT
FE ISS Exp.17 Soyuz TMA-12 24 Oct 2008
03:36 UT
198d 16h 20m
2 Soyuz TMA-03M 21 Dec 2011
13:16 UT
Cmd ISS Exp-30/31 Soyuz TMA-03M 01 July 2012
08:14 UT
192d 18h 58m
3 Soyuz TMA-17M 22 July 2015
21:02:44 UT
Cdr - ISS Exp.44/45 Soyuz TMA-17M 11 Dec 2015
13:12:14 UT
141d 16h 09m 30s
4 Soyuz MS-11 03 Dec 2018
11:31 UTC
Cdr - ISS Exp.57/58 Soyuz MS-11 25 June 2019
02:47:50 UTC
203d 15h 15m 58s
5 Soyuz MS-24 15 Sept 2023
UTC
Cdr - ISS Exp. Soyuz MS-11 23 Sept 2024
UTC
373d 20h 14m 58s
Total duration: 1110d 14h 57m

EVA′s:

Date of
beginning
Time of
beginning
Duration Crew & Remarks
10 Jul 2008 - 6h 18m Kononenko and S.Volkov; mission Soyuz TMA-12
Inspection of the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft, checking the five locks that attach the return module to the propulsion module, and retrieve a suspect pyrotechnic bolt for inspection by engineers on the ground.
15 Jul 2008 - 5h 54m Kononenko and S.Volkov; mission Soyuz TMA-12
Removing and installing science experiments. They also installed rendezvous equipment for a new Russian module scheduled for launch late summer 2009.
16 Feb 2012 - 6h 15m Kononenko and A.Shkaplerov; mission Soyuz TMA-03M
The tasks included: space crane Strela 1 relocation from DC1 to MRM2, using Strela 2, jettison MLI (Multi-Layer Insulation) cover, installing the Strela 1 on MRM2 (to aid future EVAs), stowing Strela 2 at DC1, installing the Vinoslivost Materials Sample Experiment on the DC1, taking a sample from the MLI insulation of the SM to look for any signs of living organisms and collecting one (of two planned) samples from the "Test" experiment.
11 Dec 2018 - 7h 45m Kononenko and S.Prokopyev; mission Soyuz MS-11 / Exp.59
They used this spacewalk to examine a section of the external hull of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft currently docked to the space station. The cosmonauts took samples of any residue found on the hull and take digital images of the area.
29 May 2019 - 6h 01m Kononenko and A.Ovchinin; mission Soyuz MS-11 / Exp.59
They installed handrails on the Russian segment between Poisk and Zarya modules, removed the thermosensor TP228 to get a Soyuz MS life time of 370 days, retrieved results of the experiment "Test" from the surface of the Poisk module, they had to remove the exposure devices for the space experiments "Test" and "Obstanovka".
25 Oct 2023 - 7h 41m Kononenko and N. Chub; mission Soyuz ?/ Exp.?
Installing a radar on the Nauka module to observe the Earth's surface and launching the student nanosatellite Parus-MGTU. They had conduct inspections and photograph leak sites at an additional radiant heat exchanger in the Nauka.
25 April 2024 - 4h 36m Kononenko and N. Chub; mission Soyuz MS-? / Exp.?
Main tasks were to complete the deployment of one panel on a synthetic radar system on the Nauka module. The two cosmonauts also installed equipment and experiments on the Poisk module to analyze the level of corrosion on station surfaces and modules.
Total: 44h 30m EVAs: 7

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Description Date
1  Soyuz TM-34  Flight Engineer  
2  Soyuz TMA-01M  FE  07 Oct 2010
3  Soyuz TMA-02M  Cdr  07 Jun 2011
4  Soyuz TMA-15M  Cdr - exp.42/43  23 Nov 2014
5  Soyuz MS-09  Cdr - exp.56/57  06 Jun 2018
6  Soyuz MS-22  Cdr - exp.57/58?  21 Sept 2022

Additional information


Ref: #7(JR758), #16, #316 - update: 08.11.2025