Zhukov

Personal data:

Birth date:  08.09.1956 Birthplace:  Dzhezkazgan, Oblast Dzhezkazgan / Kazakh SSR Marital status:  married Children:  one Grade / Fonction:   Selection date:  29.05.2003 Selection group:   Job:  Test Cosmonaut (TC) Status:  active

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Additional information:

• Graduated from the Moscow Technical Highschool MVTU ('Moskovskoye Vyssheye Tekhnicheskoye Uchilishche (Moscow Higher Technological School)') named after Nikolai E. Bauman, 1979, and started then his doctoral work; worked there for several years; from 1983-1988, he was a graduate student, and junior scientific researcher at MVTU and scientific researcher at NPO ('Nauchno Proizvodstvennoye Obedineniye Energiya (Scientific Production Association Energiya, Energiya = Energy)') Energiya; from 1988-1991, he was the editor of the periodical "Ekonomika & Tekhnika"; from 1990, he was the president of the interregional public association, Moscow Space Club; since 1996, he has been the general director of ZAO "Center for Technology Transfer" with Rosaviakosmos.
• OKP ('Obshchekosmicheskaya Podgotovka = General Space Training'): 16.06.2003 - 27.06.2005.