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Retired cosmonauts

Retired cosmonauts from 2001 onwards.

2001

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Gidzenko, Yurii Pavlovich
Гидзенко, Юрий Павлович		 TsPK-8 – 26 March 1987 15 July
  1. TM-22
  2. TM-31/​ISS-1 («Уран», Uran – “Uranus”)
  3. TM-34

Callsign: Уран, Uran (Uranus)

2002

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Karashtin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Караштин, Владимир Владимирович		 IMBP-5 – 25 January 1989 17 January None
Moshkin, Oleg Yur’evich
Мошкин, Олег Юрьевич		 TsPK-12 – 28 July 1997 19 March None

2003

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Avdeev, Sergei Vasil’evich
Авдеев, Сергей Васильевич		 NPOE-8 – 26 March 1987 14 February
  1. TM-15
  2. TM-22
  3. TM-28
Lukiyanyuk, Vasilii Yur’evich
Лукиянюк, Василий Юриьвич		 IMBP-5 – 25 January 1989 18 February None
Korzun, Valerii Grigor’evich
Корзун, Валерий Григорьевич		 TsPK-8 – 26 March 1987 9 September
  1. TM-24
  2. STS-111/​ISS-5
Musabaev, Talgat Amangel’evich
Мусабаев, Талгат Амангельевич		 TsPK-11 – 11 May 1990 27 November
  1. TM-19
  2. TM-27
  3. TM-32

Callsign: Кристалл, Kristall (Crystal)

2004

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Onufrienko, Yurii Ivanovich
Онуфриенко, Юрий Иванович		 TsPK-10 – 25 January 1989 17 March
  1. TM-23
  2. STS-108/​ISS-4
Poleshchuk, Aleksandr Fyodorovich
Полещук, Александр Фёдорович		 NPOE-9 – 25 January 1989 25 March TM-16
Usachyov, Yurii Vladimirovich
Усачёв, Юрий Владимирович		 NPOE-9 – 25 January 1989 5 April
  1. TM-18
  2. TM-23
  3. STS-101
  4. STS-102/​ISS-2
Kuzhel’naya, Nadezhda Vasil’evna
Кужельная, Надежда Васильевна		 NPOE-11 – 1 Apr 1994 27 May None
Dezhurov, Vladimir Nikolaevich
Дежуров, Владимир Николаевич		 TsPK-8 – 26 March 1987 12 July
  1. TM-21
  2. STS-105/​ISS-3
Budarin, Nikolai Mikhailovich
Бударин, Николай Михайлович		 NPOE-9 – 25 January 1989 7 September
  1. STS-71
  2. TM-27
  3. STS-113/​ISS-6
Zalyotin, Sergei Viktorovich
Залётин, Сергей Викторович		 TsPK-11 – 11 May 1990 October
  1. TM-30
  2. TMA-1

Енисей, Enisei (a Siberian river)

2006

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Afanas’ev, Viktor Mikhailovich
АФАНАСЬЕВ, Виктор Михайлович
  1. GKNII-2 – 2 September 1985
  2. TsPK-9 – 8 January 1988
 17 March
  1. TM-11
  2. TM-18
  3. TM-29
  4. TM-33

Callsign: Дербент, Derbent (a town in Dagestan)
Treshchyov, Sergei Evgen’evich
Трещёв, Сергей Евгеньевич		 NPOE-10 – 3 March 1992 30 November STS-111/ISS-5

2007

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Morukov, Boris Vladimirovich
Моруков, Борис Владимирович		 IMBP-5 – 25 January 1989 13 November 2007 STS-106

2008

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Tokarev, Valerii Ivanovich
Токарев, Валерий Иванович
  1. GKNII-3 – 25 January 1989
  2. TsPK-12 – 25 February 1989
 10 June 2008
  1. STS-96
  2. TMA-7/ISS-12

Callsign: Рассвет, Rassvet (Daybreak)
Sharipov, Salizhan Shakirovich
Шарипов, Салижан Шакирович		 TsPK-11 – 11 May 1990 18 July 2008
  1. STS-89
  2. TMA-5/ISS-10

Callsign: Tien-Szan

2009

Cosmonaut Selection group & date Retirement date Spaceflights Biography links
Krikalyov, Sergei Konstantinovich
Крикалёв, Сергей Константинович		 NPOE-7 – 2 September 1985 (test cosmonaut) 27 March 2009
  1. TM-7/EO-4
  2. TM-12/E0-9
  3. STS-60
  4. STS-88
  5. TM-31/ISS-1
  6. TMA-6/ISS-11

Callsign: Базальт, Bazal’t (Basalt)
Baturin, Yurii Mikhailovich
Батурин, Юрий Михайлович		 Politician-1 – 16 September 1997 (research/test cosmonaut) 31 May 2009
  1. TM-28
  2. TM-32/VC-1
Moshchenko, Sergei Ivanovich
Мощенко, Сергей Иванович		 TsPK-12 – 28 July 1997 (test cosmonaut) June 2009 None
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