Cosmonaut news: 2008
News of the Cosmonaut Group, Отряд Космонавтов, for 2008. For ISS cosmonaut training reports, see the news section of the Energiya site. There is also a Cosmonaut assignments thread at NASASpaceflight.com.
March
Март
17-23/3
GCTC preparation groups for March.
| Mission | Prime | Backup |
|---|---|---|
| MKS-17 (ISS Expedition 17) | Volkov | Suraev |
| Kononenko | Skripochka | |
| Chamitoff | Kopra | |
| EP-14 (Visiting Crew 14) | Yi So-yeon | Ko San |
| UKP (Spaceflight Participant) | Garriott | Halik |
| MKS-19A (ISS Expedition 19A) | Padalka | Suraev |
| Barratt | Walker | |
| Kopra | Creamer | |
| Stott | Coleman | |
| MKS-19B (ISS Expedition 19B) | Lonchakov | Kondratyev |
| De Winne | Kuipers | |
| Thirsk | Hadfield |
| MKS-gr1 (ISS Group 1) | Baturin, Kaleri, Kotov, Onufrienko, Tokarev |
| MKS-gr2 (ISS Group 2) | Romanenko, Skvortsov, Valkov |
| MKS-gr3 (ISS Group 3) | Kornienko, Moshchenko, Revin, Shargin |
| MKS-gr4 (ISS Group 4) | Ivanishin, Samokutyaev, Shkaplerov, Tarelkin |
| MKS-gr5 (ISS Group 5) | Aimbetov, Artemyev, Aymakhanov, Borisenko, Serov |
| OKP (General Space Preparation) | Novitskii, Misurkin, Ovchinin, Ponomaryov, Ryzhikov, Serova, Tikhonov |
Current locations
- Volkov, Kononenko, Yi So-yeon, Suraev, Skripochka and Ko San are all in prophylactic rest (March 20-24)
- Chamitoff, Kopra, Fincke, Magnus, Wakata, Lonchakov, Barratt, Stott and Noguchi are at NASA
- Sharipov is at JAXA (March 19-22)
- Garriott and Halik are on vacation
- Creamer is at NASA
- Walker is at NASA since March 21
- De Winne is at ESA
- Thirsk is at CSA
- Kondratyev is on vacation from February 26 to March 28
- Skvortsov is at NASA since March 21
- Samokutyaev is GCTC representative at JSC
Cosmonauts not included in GCTC preparation groups:
- Malenchenko is performing spaceflight aboard ISS as the Expedition 16 flight engineer-1
- Krikalyov, Tyurin, Yurchikhin, Vinogradov are working in RSC Energia
- Morukov is working in IMBP
- Zhukov is working in Roskosmos
April
Апрель
8/4
Current status of the cosmonauts. (Changes since the last list in October 2007 are bolded):
| Cosmonauts of GCTC Detachment | |
|---|---|
| Baturin, Yurii Mikhailovich | Deputy Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Ivanishin, Anatolii Alekseievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kondrat’ev, Dmitrii Yur’evich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kotov, Oleg Valeriovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd class, 1 spaceflight |
| Lonchakov, Yurii Valentinovich | Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor (?)-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Malenchenko, Yurii Ivanovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 4 spaceflights |
| Padalka, Gennadii Ivanovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st (?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Romanenko, Roman Yur’evich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Samokutyaev, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich | Deputy Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Shkaplerov, Anton Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Skvortsov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Sura’ev, Maksim Viktorovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tarelkin, Evgenii Igorevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tokarev, Valerii Ivanovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd (?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Val’kov, Konstantin Anatolievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Volkov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester, 1 spaceflight |
| Cosmonauts of RSC Energia Detachment | |
| Artem’ev, Oleg Germanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Borisenko, Andrei Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kaleri, Aleksandr Yur’evich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 4 spaceflights |
| Kononenko, Oleg Dmitrievich | Cosmonaut-Tester, 1 spaceflight |
| Kornienko, Mikhail Borisovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kozeev, Konstantin Mirovich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Krikalyov, Sergei Konstantinovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 6 spaceflights |
| Lazutkin, Aleksandr Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Revin, Sergei Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Serov, Mark Vyacheslavovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Skripochka, Oleg Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tyurin, Mikhail Vladislavovich | Instructor (?)-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd (?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Vinogradov, Pavel Vladimirovich | Commander of RSC Energia Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd (?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Yurchikhin, Fyodor Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Cosmonauts of IMBP Detachment | |
| Morukov, Boris Vladimirovich | Commander of IMBP Detachment, Cosmonaut-Researcher of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Ryazanskii, Sergei Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Researcher |
| Cosmonauts not included in Detachments | |
| Moshchenko, Sergei Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Zhukov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Shargin, Yurii Georg’evich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Russian cosmonaut candidates | |
| Misurkin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Novitskii, Oleg Viktorovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ovchinin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ponomarev, Maksim Vladimirovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ryzhikov, Sergei Nikolaevich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Serova, Elena Olegovna | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for RSC Energia Detachment |
| Tikhonov, Nikolai Vladimirovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for RSC Energia Detachment |
May
Май
7/5
Salizhan Sharipov was removed from the ISS-18 crew on 7 May 2008 due to unspecified health problems. There’s a thread at NASASpaceflight.com about this. In August he was “soon” to leave the cosmonaut detachment. His Astronaut.ru page says (approximate translation):
On 13 May, 2008 – on the basis of the conclusion of the medical commission of 7 May 2008 – there was announced the suspension of Sharipov from preparations for the flight and the withdrawal from the crew of ISS-18 and the spaceship Soyuz TMA-13 for medical reasons. A final decision on the fitness of S. Sharipov for space flight will be made by the medical commission at the end of 2008. According to certain media, he was disqualified due to psychological problems.
July
Июль
10/7
Groups of preparation in GCTC for July.
| Mission | Prime | Backup |
|---|---|---|
| MKS-18 (ISS Expedition 18) | Fincke | Padalka |
| Lonchakov | Barratt | |
| Magnus | Stott | |
| Wakata | Noguchi | |
| EP-15 (Visiting Crew 15) | Garriott | Halik |
| MKS-19A (ISS Expedition 19A) | Padalka | Suraev |
| Barratt | Walker | |
| Kopra | Creamer | |
| Stott | Coleman | |
| MKS-19B (ISS Expedition 19B) | To be decided | Kondrat’ev |
| De Winne | Kuipers | |
| Thirsk | Hadfield |
| MKS-gr1 (ISS Group 1) | Baturin, Kaleri, Kotov, Sharipov |
| MKS-gr2 (ISS Group 2) | Romanenko, Kornienko, Skripochka, Skvortsov |
| MKS-gr3 (ISS Group 3) | Moshchenko, Revin, Shargin, Valkov |
| MKS-gr4 (ISS Group 4) | Ivanishin, Shkaplerov, Tarelkin |
| MKS-gr5 (ISS Group 5) | Aimbetov, Artem’ev, Aymakhanov, Borisenko, Serov |
| OKP (General Space Preparation) | Novitskii, Misurkin, Ovchinin, Ponomaryov, Ryzhikov, Serova, Tikhonov |
| Cosmonauts of GCTC Detachment | |
|---|---|
| Baturin, Yurii Mikhailovich | Deputy Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Ivanishin, Anatolii Alekseievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kondrat’ev, Dmitrii Yur’evich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kotov, Oleg Valeriovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd class, 1 spaceflight |
| Lonchakov, Yurii Valentinovich | Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor(?)-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Malenchenko, Yurii Ivanovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 4 spaceflights |
| Padalka, Gennadii Ivanovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st(?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Romanenko, Roman Yur’evich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Samokutyaev, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich | Deputy Commander of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Shkaplerov, Anton Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Skvortsov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Sura’ev, Maksim Viktorovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tarelkin, Evgenii Igorevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tokarev, Valerii Ivanovich | Commander of Group of GCTC Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd (?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Val’kov, Konstantin Anatolievich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Volkov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester, 1 spaceflight |
| Cosmonauts of RSC Energia Detachment | |
| Artem’ev, Oleg Germanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Borisenko, Andrei Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Kaleri, Aleksandr Yur’evich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 4 spaceflights |
| Kononenko, Oleg Dmitrievich | Cosmonaut-Tester, 1 spaceflight |
| Kornienko, Mikhail Borisovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Krikalyov, Sergei Konstantinovich | Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 1st Class, 6 spaceflights |
| Revin, Sergei Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Serov, Mark Vyacheslavovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Skripochka, Oleg Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Tyurin, Mikhail Vladislavovich | Instructor(?)-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd(?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Vinogradov, Pavel Vladimirovich | Commander of RSC Energia Detachment, Instructor-Cosmonaut-Tester of 2nd(?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Yurchikhin, Fyodor Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd(?) Class, 2 spaceflights |
| Cosmonauts of IMBP Detachment | |
| Ryazanskii, Sergei Nikolaevich | Cosmonaut-Researcher |
| Cosmonauts not included in Detachments | |
| Moshchenko, Sergei Ivanovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Zhukov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | Cosmonaut-Tester |
| Shargin, Yurii Georg’evich | Cosmonaut-Tester of 3rd Class, 1 spaceflight |
| Russian cosmonaut candidates | |
| Misurkin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Novitskii, Oleg Viktorovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ovchinin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ponomarev, Maksim Vladimirovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Ryzhikov, Sergei Nikolaevich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for GCTC Detachment |
| Serova, Elena Olegovna | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for RSC Energia Detachment |
| Tikhonov, Nikolai Vladimirovich | Candidate for cosmonaut-tester for RSC Energia Detachment |
18/7
Salizhan Sharipov retired.
August
Август
11/8
Groups of preparation in GCTC for July.
| Mission | Prime | Backup |
|---|---|---|
| MKS-18 (ISS Expedition 18 – launch on Soyuz TMA-13/STS-126/STS-119) | Fincke (CDR) | Padalka |
| Lonchakov (FE) | Barratt | |
| Magnus (FE) | Stott | |
| Wakata (FE) | Noguchi | |
| EP-15 (Visiting Crew 15 – launch on Soyuz TMA-13) | Garriott (SFP) | Halik |
| MKS-19 (ISS Expedition 19 – launch on Soyuz TMA-14/STS-127/STS-128) | Padalka (CDR) | J. Williams |
| Barratt (FE) | Sura’ev | |
| Kopra (FE) | Creamer | |
| Stott (FE) | Coleman | |
| MKS-20 (ISS Expedition 20 – launch on Soyuz TMA-15) | De Winne (CDR) | Hadfield |
| Romanenko (FE) | Kondrat’ev | |
| Thirsk (FE) | Kuipers | |
| MKS-21 (ISS Expedition 21 – launch on Soyuz TMA-16) | J.Williams (CDR) | Walker |
| Sura’ev (FE) | Skvortsov | |
| MKS-22 (ISS Expedition 22 – launch on Soyuz TMA-17) | Kotov (CDR) | Wheelock |
| Creamer (FE) | Shkaplerov | |
| Noguchi (FE) | Furukawa | |
| MKS-23 (ISS Expedition 23 – launch on Soyuz TMA-01M) | Kaleri (CDR) | Tyurin |
| Kornienko (FE) | Samokutyaev | |
| Caldwell (FE) | S. Kelly | |
| MKS-24 (ISS Expedition 24 – launch on Soyuz TMA-18) | Wheelock (CDR) | Coleman |
| Skvortsov (FE) | Borisenko | |
| Walker (FE) | TBD | |
| MKS-25 (ISS Expedition 25 – launch on Soyuz TMA-19) | S. Kelly (CDR) | TBD |
| Kondrat’ev (FE) | Ivanishin | |
| Skripochka (FE) | Revin |
| MKS-gr1 (ISS Group 1) | Baturin, Malenchenko, Sharipov |
| MKS-gr2 (ISS Group 2) | Artem’ev, Moshchenko, Serov, Shargin, Tarelkin, Valkov |
| OKP (General Space Preparation) | Novitskii, Misurkin, Ovchinin, Ponomaryov, Ryzhikov, Serova, Tikhonov |
15/8
From Anik at the NSF forum:
Salizhan Sharipov and Yurii Shargin will soon leave the cosmonaut detachment [Salizhan left in July – see above]. Kazakhstan cosmonauts Aydyn Aimbetov and Mukhtar Aymakhanov have finished the training in GCTC in July and await possible assignment into the crew of Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. This assignment depends on result of negotiations between Roskosmos and Kazkosmos.