Kirill Alexandrovich Peskov (Russian: Кирилл Александрович Песков; born May 01, 1990) is a Russian cosmonaut who is planned to fly on the SpaceX Crew-10 mission in February 2025.[2] In 2018, he was selected as a cosmonaut of Roscosmos Group 17 from the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He has no spaceflight experience. Before joining the cosmonaut corps, he worked as a co-pilot on Boeing 757/767 for Ikar Airlines.[3]
Kirill Peskov[1] | |
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| Кирилл Песков | |
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| Born | May 1, 1990 |
| Status | Active |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Test cosmonaut |
| Space career | |
| Roscosmos cosmonaut | |
Current occupation | Russian Air Force |
Previous occupation | Design engineer of RSC Energia |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Missions | SpaceX Crew-10 (Expedition 72/73) |
Mission insignia |  |
Early years, studies and work
editKirill was born on May 1, 1990 in the city of Kyzyl, Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (now Tuva).[4][5]
In 2007, he graduated from school No. 14 in Nazarovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai. After graduating from school, he entered the Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School's speciality Flight Operation of Aircraft department, which he graduated on June 27, 2012, as an engineer with the military rank of "reserve lieutenant".[6]
From September 2012 to July 2013 he worked as a co-pilot on a Boeing 757 for Nordwind Airlines, at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow Region.[6]
From July 2013, until his selection as a cosmonaut candidate, he worked as a co-pilot on Boeing 757/767 for Ikar airline, at Krasnoyarsk International Airport 3, Krasnoyarsk Krai.[7][3]
Cosmonaut selection and space training
editOn March 14, 2017, Kirill applied to participate in the new cosmonaut recruitment of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. On April 23, 2018, he received approval from the main medical commission. On August 9, 2018, his application was considered at the meeting of the selection commission, and on August 10, 2018, following the results of the interdepartmental commission (IMC), he was appointed as a cosmonaut candidate of the new group 17.[8][9]
From January 30 to February 1, 2019, as a member of a simulated crew with Alexei Zubritsky and Yevgeny Prokopyev, he participated in training for actions after landing in forest and marshy areas in winter for winter survival training.[10][4]
From August 26 to August 30, 2019, as a member of the cosmonaut candidate group, he underwent diver training at the Noginsk rescue center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. On August 30, 2019, he successfully passed the exam and qualified as a diver.[11][4]
In October 2019, as a member of a simulated crew with Konstantin Borisov and Aleksandr Gorbunov, he underwent a full course of water survival training (dry, long and short training) at the base of the universal sea terminal, Imeretinsky, on the Black Sea in the Adler district of Sochi.[12][4]
On November 25, 2020, he passed the state examination at the end of the general training course for cosmonauts.[13][4]
On December 2, 2020, by decision of the Interdepartmental Qualification Commission (IMQC), following the meeting at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, he received the qualification of a test cosmonaut.[14][15]
On July 7, 2021, as a member of a simulated crew with Oleg Platonov and Konstantin Borisov, he took part in a two-day training for actions after landing a spacecraft in desert conditions.[16][3]
Roscosmos Career
editIn May 2023, information appeared on the website of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center that Kirill was being trained as a backup cosmonaut for Aleksandr Gorbunov, a member of the main crew of the American manned spacecraft Crew Dragon's SpaceX Crew-9 mission, which is scheduled to be launched to the ISS in early August 2024.[9] Kirill was also being trained as a flight engineer for the main crew of the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and the ISS Expedition 73.[9] Later, he was selected for SpaceX Crew-10 mission in January 2024 under the Dragon-Soyuz cross-crew flight system to allow the station to be continuously manned, in case, either of the two crewed vehicles runs into issues.[17][2]
References
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- ^ a b "NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission - NASA". Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ a b c "Russia's new cosmonauts include brother of ISS crew member | collectSPACE". collectSPACE.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ a b c d e "Peskov Kirill Aleksandrovich". Website of the state corporation "Roscosmos". Archived from the original on 2021-04-27.
- ^ "Кирилл Александрович Песков". astronaut.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ a b "Roscosmos selects four new candidates, all men, to begin cosmonaut training | collectSPACE". collectSPACE.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Выпускник Ульяновского института гражданской авиации может полететь на Луну". http. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Zak, Anatoly. "Russia Just Selected a New Group of Cosmonauts. What For?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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