Yury Onufriyenko
- January 5, 2024
- Astronaut
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Yury Onufriyenko Biography
| Name | Yury Onufriyenko |
| Birthday | Feb 6 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Home Town | Riasne |
| Birth Country | Russia |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Yury Onufriyenko is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on February 6, 1961 in Riasne, Russia. As Commander of the Mir EO-21 Expedition and Expedition 4 aboard International Space Station.
He was joined by Shannon on the Mir Space Station.
Onufriyenko graduated from the V.M. Komarov Eisk Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots in 1982 with a pilot-engineer’s diploma. In 1994, Onufriyenko earned a degree in cartography from Moscow State University.
Onufriyenko was born in Ryasne, Zolochiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Onufriyenko and his wife, Valentina Mikhailovna Onufrienko, have two sons, Yuri, born in 1982 and Aleksandr, born in 1990 and one daughter, Elena, born in 1988. He has two older brothers and his parents are deceased. Onufriyenko enjoys tennis, cooking, fishing, chess, and aviation.
He married Valentina Mikhailovna, and they had three children.
Yury Onufriyenko Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Astronaut |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yury Onufriyenko is one of the richest Astronaut from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yury Onufriyenko 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a pilot with the Soviet Air Force.
In 2002, he completed his eighth spacewalk.
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko (Russian: Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко , Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко ) (born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001–2002.
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Onufriyenko performed his third career spacewalk on 24 May 1996. He and cosmonaut Usachov started the spacewalk at 22:50 UTC. They installed the MCSA on the Kvant-1 module. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 34 minutes.
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Yury Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Yury Onufriyenko celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.
Onufriyenko performed his first career spacewalk on 15 March 1996. He and cosmonaut Usachov started the spacewalk at 01:04 UTC. They installed the second Strela boom and prepared for Mir Cooperative Solar Array (MCSA) installation. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 51 minutes.
Top Facts about Yury Onufriyenko
- Yury Onufriyenko was a Russian cosmonaut.
- He flew on three space missions: Soyuz TM-23, STS-108, and Soyuz TMA-6.
- Onufriyenko spent a total of 196 days in space.
- He performed two spacewalks totaling over 12 hours.
- Onufriyenko was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
- He retired from the Russian Space Agency in 2007.
- Onufriyenko was born on February 6, 1961 in Ukraine.
- He graduated from the Soviet Air Force Pilot School in 1983.
- Onufriyenko served as a pilot in the Soviet Air Force before becoming a cosmonaut.
- He passed away on March 19, 2019 at the age of 58 due to illness.