Yuri Malenchenko

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuri Malenchenko
Occupation	Astronaut
Date Of Birth	Dec 22, 1961(1961-12-22)
Age	63
Birthplace	Svitlovodsk
Country	Ukraine
Birth City	Kirovohrad Oblast
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Yuri Malenchenko Biography

Yuri Malenchenko is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on December 22, 1961 in Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. He was the first to get married in space. His bride was in Texas, while he was aboard the International Space Station.

He flew with He flew on Soyuz TMA-11 with Peggy Whitson. on Soyuz TMA-11.

Malenchenko graduated from the Kharkiv Military Aviation School in 1983, and attended the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, graduating in 1993.

Malenchenko conducted his first and second career spacewalks during the Mir-16 mission. He and Musabayev performed two spacewalks on September 9, 1994 (5h 06m) and September 14, 1994, in which the station’s external insulation was repaired. The first and second spacewalks lasted 5 hours and 6 minutes, and 6 hours and 1 minute respectively.

He and his wife had a child.

Yuri Malenchenko Net Worth

Yuri Malenchenko is one of the richest Astronaut from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuri Malenchenko 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1983, he graduated from Kharkiv Military Aviation School.

He was a part of missions aboard the Mir and International Space Stations.

After graduation from the Military Aviation School, he served as a pilot, senior pilot and multi-ship flight lead from 1983 till 1987 in the Odessa Region. In 1987 he was selected as a cosmonaut, and arrived at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. From December 1987 to June 1989 Malenchenko underwent a course of general space training. After completion of the course, he was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. Between September 1989 to December 1993 he was taking advanced training courses in preparation for spaceflight. In January–July, 1993 Malenchenko trained as commander of the Mir-14 reserve crew. He completed training as a backup commander of the Mir-15 crew from July 1993 to January 1994. From February to June 1994 Malenchenko trained for the Mir-16 mission.

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On November 9, 2007, Malenchenko performed his fourth career spacewalk. He and Expedition 16 commander, Peggy Whitson, in US EMUs ventured into space from the station’s Quest airlock at 09:54 UTC. Malenchenko’s suit was all white, and the purpose of the spacewalk was to prepare for the relocation of Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) and the subsequent move of the Harmony node to its permanent location. As the first task, the two spacewalkers disconnected the Station to Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS) cables between the Destiny laboratory and PMA-2. Next they disconnected eight other cables between PMA-2 and the Destiny. Malenchenko removed and replaced a failed electrical circuit box and together with Whitson removed the active Common Berthing Mechanism cover that was located at the outboard end of Harmony. Next, Malenchenko moved back behind the Z1 truss to reconfigure a power system, removing an electrical jumper. The spacewalk ended at 16.49 UTC when the two spacewalkers returned to the ISS. The spacewalk lasted 6 hours and 55 minutes.

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Yuri Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Yuri Malenchenko celebrates birthday on December 22 of every year.

Malenchenko performed his third career spacewalk during the STS-106 mission to the ISS. On flight day three, Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Ed Lu conducted a 6-hour and 14 minute space walk. The spacewalk started at 04:55 GMT on September 11 when the two spacewalkers exited the shuttle’s airlock. The spacewalk’s objective focused on routing and connecting nine power, data and communications cables between the Zvezda module and the Zarya module, as well as installing the six-foot-long magnetometer to the ISS to serve as a compass showing the space station in respect to the Earth. This spacewalk marked the sixth spacewalk in support of the ISS assembly and the 50th spacewalk in space shuttle history.

Top Facts about Yuri Malenchenko

1. Yuri Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut.
2. He was born on December 22, 1961 in Khrushchevka, Ukraine.
3. Malenchenko has flown to space six times.
4. He spent a total of 827 days, 9 hours and 21 minutes in space.
5. Malenchenko holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a Russian cosmonaut (215 days).
6. He also participated in the first wedding ceremony in space.
7. Malenchenko retired from Roscosmos in May 2019.
8. During his career, he received numerous awards and honors.
9. Malenchenko is married to fellow astronaut Ekaterina Dmitrieva.
10. He enjoys scuba diving and skydiving as hobbies outside of work.