Russian cosmonaut (born 1960)
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko
(Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian
cosmonaut
who has undertaken multiple missions to the
International Space Station
(ISS).
He first served as a
flight engineer
during
Expedition 23
and
24
in 2010.
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Kornienko was later selected for a year-long mission on the ISS that spanned from March 2015 to March 2016, covering
Expedition 43
through
46
.
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For this mission, he collaborated with American astronaut
Scott Kelly
.
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The mission, launched aboard
Soyuz TMA-16M
, aimed to study the physiological and psychological effects on humans during extended periods of spaceflight. The collected data are intended to aid preparations for future missions requiring extended human presence in space.
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Personal life
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Kornienko was born in
Syzran
,
Kuybyshev Oblast
,
Russian SFSR
. He is married to Irina Kornienko, a doctor. They have a grown daughter. His father Boris G. Kornienko, a military pilot, perished in an Mi-6 helicopter crash in October 1965.
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His mother, Faina M. Kornienko, born in 1931 is retired.
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Education
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Kornienko graduated from secondary school No. 15,
Chelyabinsk
, Russia, in 1977. From 1981 to 1987 he studied at the
Moscow Aviation Institute
named after S. Ordzhonikidze.
Military career and experience
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Upon graduation from school in 1977, he worked at a radio equipment plant in
Chelyabinsk
, Russia. In May 1978, Kornienko was called to service in the
Soviet Army
. He served in the Airborne Forces (VDV) in
Kirovabad
,
Azerbaijan
in the USSR. In May 1980, he completed his military service with the rank of
junior sergeant
. Kornienko worked for the
Moscow Municipal Militsiya
from 1980 to 1986. At the same time he attended the evening department of the
Moscow Aviation Institute
. Upon graduation in 1987 from the institute, he was qualified as a liquid propellant rocket engines mechanical engineer. He resigned from the Militsiya in 1986 and entered a mechanical engineering design bureau. During 1986 to 1991 Kornienko worked in the Baikonur Launch Facility as a launch equipment specialist.
He worked for commercial companies between late 1991 to early 1995. From October 1991 to December 1992 he was the OOO Transvostok Technical and Production Department Director. From January 1993 to April 1995 he was the LLC ESTE General Director. In October 1995, Kornienko started working at the Energia Rocket Space Corporation (
RSC Energia
) as an engineer. He was assigned to develop technical documentation for cosmonaut primary and backup crew tests and training. He took part in
extravehicular activity
(EVA) tests in simulated zero-gravity at the hydrolab and at the Selen dynamic stand. In the process of this work he acquired experience in organizing extravehicular repair/refurbishment and assembly activities on the
Mir
orbital station. He also directly participated in testing the Energia RSC production on the testing ground.
Cosmonaut career
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On 24 February 1998, Kornienko was selected as a test cosmonaut candidate
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and, in 1999, following basic training at the
Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
, he was qualified as a test cosmonaut. Since 1999, he has trained in the
International Space Station
group. He served on the ISS
Expedition 8
backup crew as a flight engineer.
In 2005, he was assigned to the Soyuz TMA-10 and
Expedition 15
back-up crew as
Flight Engineer
1.
Expedition 23/24
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Kornienko was aboard the space station as a Flight Engineer, being part of the
Expedition 23
/
24
crew. He lifted off on 2 April 2010, along with fellow Russian cosmonaut
Aleksandr Skvortsov
and NASA astronaut
Tracy Caldwell-Dyson
aboard
Soyuz TMA-18
from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
.
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Ending Expedition 24, the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft carrying Mikhail Kornienko, Alexander Skvortsov and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson undocked from the space station at 10:02 pm EDT on 24 September 2010. Following a normal descent, the Soyuz crew landed at 5:23 am GMT ear Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on 25 September.
After returning to Earth and sharing his experiences to an audience, Kornienko said "The thing you miss there most of all is the Earth itself, I missed smells. I missed trees, I even dreamt of them. I even hallucinated. I thought I smelled a real fire and something being barbecued on it! I ended up putting pictures of trees on the walls to cheer up. You do miss the Earth there".
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Spacewalks
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On 27 July 2010, Kornienko and fellow Russian cosmonaut
Fyodor Yurchikhin
participated in a spacewalk outside the ISS. The two cosmonauts on 23 July put on their Orlan spacesuits and performed a dry run of the spacewalk activities. From inside the Pirs docking compartment they checked out the Orlan systems, practiced translation movements and tested their mobility. During the spacewalk, Kornienko and Yurchikhin outfitted the Rassvet module's (MRM1) Kurs automated rendezvous system, installed cables and remove and replaced a video camera.
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The spacewalk began at 04:11 UTC as Kornienko and Yurchikhin donned in Orlan spacesuits, depressurized the internal volume of the Pirs docking compartment airlock and ventured outside into space. It was the 25th Russian spacewalk performed from the station.
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At one point around 06:45 UTC the two spacewalkers accidentally lost an unidentified object that floated away from their perch on the side of the ISS.
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The cosmonauts speculated that the lost item was an attachment fixture to secure the cables in place once they are installed. About an hour later, another unidentified item, appeared to be a washer accidentally floated off. The spacewalk lasted six hours and 42 minutes.
ISS year long mission
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In November 2012,
NASA
, the
Russian Federal Space Agency
(Roscosmos), and their international partners selected two veteran spacefarers for a one-year mission aboard the
International Space Station
in 2015. This mission included collecting scientific data important to future human exploration of our solar system. NASA selected
Scott Kelly
and Roscosmos chose Mikhail Kornienko. Kelly and Kornienko launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
in
Kazakhstan
in March 2015 and landed on 1 March 2016 at 22:00. Kelly and Kornienko already have a connection; Kelly was a backup crew member for the station's Expedition 23/24 crews, where Kornienko served as a flight engineer. The goal of their yearlong expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory was to understand better how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space.
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Data from the 12-month expedition will help inform current assessments of crew performance and health and will determine better and validate countermeasures to reduce the risks associated with future exploration as NASA plans for missions around the moon, an asteroid and ultimately Mars.
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Film
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In 2016, Kornienko and
Andrey Borisenko
appeared as themselves in the comedy film
Yolki 5
.
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References
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from websites or documents of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
.
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Clark, Stephen (26 November 2012).
"Crew selected for one-year space station expedition"
.
SpaceflightNow
.
Archived
from the original on 20 April 2021
. Retrieved
23 October
2023
.
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Davis, Jason (25 March 2015).
"One-Year ISS Mission Preview: 28 Experiments, 4 Expeditions and 2 Crew Members"
.
The Planetary Society
.
Archived
from the original on 7 June 2023
. Retrieved
23 October
2023
.
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Kluger, Jeffrey (18 Dec 2014).
"NASA's One-Year Mission with Mark and Scott Kelly"
.
Time
.
Archived
from the original on 9 February 2023.
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Garcia, Mark (27 March 2015).
"Crew Begins Year In Space"
.
NASA
.
Archived
from the original on 9 February 2023
. Retrieved
23 October
2023
.
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"Preflight Interview: Mikhail Kornienko"
. NASA. 23 March 2010.
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NASA (November 2006).
"Biographical Data:Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko"
. Retrieved
March 19,
2010
.
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ENERGIA RSC (March 2007).
"Mikhail B. Kornienko"
. Retrieved
March 19,
2010
.
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William Harwood (April 2, 2010).
"Soyuz crew transport capsule heads for space station"
. Spaceflight Now
. Retrieved
June 3,
2010
.
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Russian Federal Space Agency (2010-09-28).
"Soyuz TMA-18 Cosmonauts Share Some Experiences from Space"
. Retrieved
2010-10-17
.
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NASA (July 21, 2010).
"Expedition 24 Spacewalk Briefing"
. Retrieved
July 24,
2010
.
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Clara Moskowitz
(July 27, 2010).
"Despite Losing Tools, Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk"
.
SPACE.com
. Retrieved
July 28,
2010
.
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Justin Ray (July 27, 2010).
"Spacewalkers complete overnight excursion"
. Spaceflight Now
. Retrieved
July 28,
2010
.
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"One-Year ISS Mission Preview: 28 Experiments, 4 Expeditions and 2 Crew Members"
.
The Planetary Society
. 25 March 2015.
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"NASA, Roscosmos Assign Veteran Crew to Yearlong Space Station Mission"
. NASA. November 26, 2012
. Retrieved
2012-11-26
.
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"Бекмамбетов: фильм "Елки-5" могут включить в книгу Гиннесса"
.
RIA Novosti
. 12 December 2016.
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Ёлки 5 в 720HD
, retrieved
2023-10-30
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