Malenchenko

Yuri Ivanovich

USSR/Russia


International order nº: 311

Russian cosm. nº: 77


Personal data:

Birthdate:  22 Dec 1961
Birthplace:  Svetlovodsk / Kirovograd Oblast / UKRAINE
Marital status:  married
Children:  Son: Dmitry, born in 1984
Daughter: Camilla, born in 2006
Grade / Fonction:  Colonel of the Russian Federation Air Force,
Selection date:  26 Mar 1987
Selection group:  TsPK-8
Job:  Test Cosmonaut/FE
Status:  active

Note: Yu. Malenchenko is the first man who married in orbit (August 10, 2003).
Malenchenko Yuri

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Spaceflights:

Ord.
num.
Startup
spacecraft
Date and time
of launch (UT)
Status while
launch
Spacecraft
of landing
Date and time
of landing (UT)
Duration
1 Soyuz-TM19 01 Jul 1994
12:24:50 UT
Cdr
PE-16/MIR
Soyuz-TM19 04 Nov 1994
11:18:26 UT
125d 22h 53m 36s
2 STS-106
(Atlantis/22)
08 Sep 2000
12:45:47 UT
MS STS-106
(Atlantis/22)
20 Sep 2000
07:58:01 UT
11d 19h 10m 14s
3 Soyuz-TMA2 26 Apr 2003
03:53:52 UT
Cdr/ISS Exp.7 Soyuz-TMA2 28 Oct 2003
02:40:20 UT
184d 22h 46m 28s
4 Soyuz-TMA11 10 Oct 2007
13:22 UT
Cdr/ISS Exp.16 Soyuz-TMA11 19 Apr 2008
08:29 UT
191d 19h 07m 21s
5 Soyuz TMA-05M 15 July 2012
02:40 UT
Cdr ISS Exp.32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M 19 Nov 2012
01:53 UT
126d 23h 13m
6 Soyuz TMA-19M 15 Dec 2015
11:03:09 UTC
Cdr ISS Exp.46/47 Soyuz TMA-19M 18 June 2016
09:15:06 UTC
185d 22h 11m 57s
Total duration: 827d 09h 21m 36s

EVA′s:

Date of
beginning
Time (UT) of
beginning
Duration Explanation
09 Sep 1994 07:00:04 5h 04m Malenchenko and T.Musabayev; mission Soyuz TM-19
Repairing of Kristall isolation
13 Sep 1994 06:30:38 6h 01m Malenchenko and T.Musabayev; mission Soyuz TM-19
Preparation work for new setting of solar cells
11 Sep 2000 04:47 6h 14m Malenchenko and E. Lu; mission STS-106
Mounting Zvezda connections
09 Nov 2007 09:54 6h 55m Malenchenko and Whitson; Exp. ISS-16. The 46th EVA from airlock Quest.
They disconnected and stowed cables from Destiny to PMA 2, removed cover on Node 2 (Harmony) forward docking mechanism, demated avionics cables and released fluid tray bolts. They performed also a temporary stow of CETA light on Destiny and configured cables for power transfer for S0 truss/Node1/Zvezda and PMA 1/Zarya. At least they retrieved the Baseband Signal Processor from Z1 truss and released bolts on P1 Nitrogen Tank Assembly. Originally it was the planned fifth EVA-work of the STS-120 crew
20 Aug 2012 - 5h 51m Malenchenko and G. Padalka; mission Soyuz TMA-05M
The cosmonauts moved a Strela-2 cargo boom from the Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya module. This allows Pirs to be undocked at a later date making room for the new Russian multipurpose laboratory. Other tasks included releasing a small satellite and installing debris shields.
03 Feb 2016 - 4h 45m Malenchenko and S. Volkov; mission Soyuz TMA-19M
The spacewalkers performed works with the experiment Test at two locations: they took away samples from the outer surface of the docking compartment Pirs hatch and in the area of the cover window #8 at the service module Zvezda. Goal of the experiments is to develop methods for detecting leaks and control of elements of the exterior surface of the ISS.
The cosmonauts also dismantled a monoblock responsible for exposing samples of organic and biological materials in open space (experiment Expose-R) and set the unit samples #2 from an experiment for the study of space influence on the mechanical properties of materials. At the same module, they had to replace a removable cassette container, where the samples are placed of the exterior of stations in conditions of prolonged exposure, change the orientation of the pressure control unit on the module Poisk.
One of the important tasks were works on an experiment with the goal to develop technologies for sticking film thermal control coating, secure package screen-vacuum thermal insulation on the surface to be repaired and transactions that require bonding film materials in space flight.
For more convenient travel on the outer surface of the ISS the spacewalkers installed handrails on the soft part of the conical device of the Functional Cargo Block Zarya. Upon completion of the main tasks the cosmonauts started a photo documentation of the external surface of the ISS Russian segment.
Total: 34h 50m EVAs: 6

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Job Date
1  Soyuz TM-18  Cmd  -
2  Soyuz TMA-9 / Exp 14  Cmd  18 Sep 2006
3  Soyuz TMA-03M  Cmd  21 Dec 2011
4  Soyuz TMA-17M  Cmd  22 July 2015

Additional information

Education:
In 1983 he graduated from Kharkov Higher Military Pilot School after S.I. Gritsevets, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, with a diploma of pilot engineer. In 1993 he graduated from a postal tuition faculty of N.E. Zhukovsky Air-Force Engineering Academy as a specialist in the following field: Operational and Tactical Engineering, Flight Vehicles.

Work experience:
Ref: #16, #21, #87 - update: 23.06.16