Shkaplerov

Anton Nikolayevich

Russia/CIS

International order nº: 524

Russian cosm. nº: 109

Personal data:

Birth date:	20 Feb 1972
Birthplace:	Sevastopol, Oblast Krim / Ukrainian SSR
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Grade / Fonction:	Colonel
Selection date:	29 May 2003
Selection group:	TsPK-13
Job:	Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:	active

Spaceflights:

No	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Soyuz TMA-22	14 Nov 2011 04:14 UT	Cmd/FE - ISS Exp.29/30	Soyuz TMA-22	27 April 2012 11:45 UT	165d 07h 31m
2	Soyuz TMA-15M	23 Nov 2014 21:01:13 UT	Cmd/FE - ISS Exp.42/43	Soyuz TMA-15M	11 Jun 2015 13:43:58 UT	199d 16h 42m 43s
3	Soyuz MS-07	17 Dec 2017 07:21:01 UT	Cmd - ISS-CDR Exp.54/55	Soyuz MS-07	03 Jun 2018 12:39:15 UT	168d 05h 18m 14s
4	Soyuz MS-19	05 Oct 2021 08:55 UTC	Cmd - ISS-CDR Exp.54/55	Soyuz MS-19	30 March 2021 11:28:04 UTC	176d 02h 33m
Total duration:						709d 08h 04m

EVA′s

Date of beginning	Time (UT) of beginning	Duration	Explanation
16 Feb 2012	-	6h 15m	Shkaplerov and O. Kononenko; mission Soyuz TMA-22 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.
02 Feb 2018	-	8h 13m	Shkaplerov and A. Misurkin; mission Soyuz MS-07 The primary objectives during the spacewalk were to remove and jettison the ShA-317A-II radio receiver for the "Lira" high-gain communications antenna on the Zvezda service module and install an upgraded electronics box to communication between Russian flight controllers and the Russian modules of the orbital outpost. Next they retrieved the experiments "Biorisk" and "Test" from the module Pirs. The cosmonauts also took detailed photos of the exterior of the Russian modules, especially a material experiment container.
19 Jan 2022	-	7h 11m	Shkaplerov and P. Dubrov; mission ISS-Exp.64 The main tasks included the assembly of handrails between the Nauka and Prichal modules, the dismantling of covers and thermal insulation, and the connection of cables for the "Kurs-P" communication system between the Prichal and Nauka modules, the installation of the antennas AR-VKA / 2AR-VKA and 4AO-VKA, the connection of a TV cable between the modules Prichal and Nauka, the relocation of a TV camera, the installation of docking target points, the dropping of the cover of the 4AO-VKA -Antenna and two empty containers as well as the dismantling and dropping of the antennas 2ASF1-M-VKA No. 1, 2 and AO-753A.
Total:		21h 39m	EVAs: 3

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Description	Date
1	Soyuz TMA-17	Cmd	Dec 2009
2	Soyuz TMA-21	Cmd	04 Apr 2011
3	Soyuz TMA-13M	Cmd - exp.40/41	25 May 2014
4	Soyuz MS-06	Cmd - exp.53/54	12 Sep 2017
5	Soyuz MS-18	Cmd - exp.64/65	09 Apr 2021

Additional information:

Colonel, Russian Air Force; pilot; in 1994 he completed the Kachinsky VVAUL ('Vyssheye Voyennoye Aviatsionnoye Uchilishche Lyochikov (Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots)'), then, in 1997, the VVIA ('Voyenno Vozdushnaya Inzhenernaya Akademiya = Air Force Engineering Academy') named for Zhukovsky; he now serves as a senior instructor-pilot of the "Nebesnye Hussars" pilot group at TsPAT ('Tsentr Pokaza Aviatsionnoi Tekhniki = Show Centre of Aviation Technology') VVS ('Voyenno Vozdushniye Sily (Military Air Force)') in the settlement of Kubinka, Moscow region; he flies the L-39 and the MiG-29.
OKP ('Obshchekosmicheskaya Podgotovka = General Space Training'): 16.06.2003 - 28.06.2005.

Ref.: #16, #302 - update: 05.04.22

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