Sergey Ryzhikov
- January 10, 2024
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Sergey Ryzhikov Biography
| Name | Sergey Ryzhikov |
| Birthday | Aug 19 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Place Of Birth | Bugulma |
| Home Town | Tatarstan |
| Birth Country | Russia |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Sergey Ryzhikov is one of the most popular and richest Explorer who was born on August 19, 1974 in Bugulma, Tatarstan, Russia. Ryzhikov was born the 19th August , 1974. He was born at Bugulma, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He attended secondary school at Nizhnevartovsk, Russia in 1991 in which he was a member of the club for young aviators. He completed his studies at the Kachinsky Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots in the year 1996, with a an advanced degree in command and combat aviation.
Ryzhikov was designated as the commander for Ryzhikov was assigned as Commander of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, he along with two of his crewmates Roscosmos Cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough were originally scheduled to launch on the 23rd of September 2016 and then dock with the ISS two days later. However, the launch was postponed indefinitely due to technical issues on their Soyuz spacecraft. Ryzhikov along with his three crewmates launched on the 19th of October, 2016 and successfully docked with ISS two days after and joined with the Expedition 49 crew alongside Russian Cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins. At first, crew members of the Expedition 49 crew were scheduled to join as an eight-person crew for two months. However, because of the lengthy delay following the launch of Soyuz MS-02, Expedition 49 was only able to stay for a week as a six-person crew Ivanishin and Onishi as well as Rubins returned to Earth on October 30, 2016.
Following the landing of Soyuz MS-01, Ryzhikov, Borisenko and Kimbrough transferred over to Expedition 50, with Kimbrough taking command of the station. The trio was shortly joined by the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, bringing Expedition 50 up to six crew members. During Expedition 50 Ryzhikov was on board the station for four US Spacewalks and observed the arrival of three uncrewed resupply spacecraft. Expedition 50 lasted until 10 April 2017, when Ryzhikov, Borisenko and Kimbrough departed the station onboard Soyuz MS-02, starting Expedition 51 with Whitson in command. The trio landing in Kazakhstan hours after their departure from the ISS, wrapping up 173 days in space.
In 2020, it was announced that Ryzhikov would make a second flight to space, as Commander of Soyuz MS-17, and as part of the ISS Expedition 63/64 crew.
Ryzhikov was chosen to be a cosmonaut from Roscosmos in October of 2006 and began his training in the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia in February 2007. He completed his training in June 2009 and was qualified for a possible flight into the International Space Station.
Sergey Ryzhikov Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Explorer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sergey Ryzhikov is one of the richest Explorer from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sergey Ryzhikov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov (Russian: Sergei Nikolaevich Ryzhikov ; born on the 19th of August 1974) Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian Air Force, is a Russian Cosmonaut, chosen in the year 2006. Ryzhikov embarked on his first space flight on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft. He spent a total of six months aboard the International Space Station taking part in Expedition 49/50. He returned to Earth on April 10, 2017.
After completion, Ryzhikov trained as a pilot for the Russian Air Force. In 1997, he was appointed as a pilot with the 76th Air Army, based in Andreapol.
In 2016 Ryzhikov served as backup Commander of the Soyuz TMA-20M mission, backing up Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin as flight engineer for ISS Expedition 47/48, following the launch of Soyuz TMA-20M 19 March 2016, Ryzhikov was assigned to the prime crew of ISS Expedition 49/50 as a flight engineer.
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