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1 Education

After graduation from high school in Batumi in 1976, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergey Ordzhonikidze . He finished studying in 1983, and is qualified as a mechanical engineer, specializing in airspace vehicles. In 2001, he graduated from the Moscow Service State University with a Ph.D. in economics.

2 Experience

After graduating from the S. Ordzhonikidze Moscow Aviation Institute, Yurchikhin worked at the Russian Space Corporation Energia from September 1983 until August 1997. He began working as a controller in the Russian Mission Control Center, and held the positions of engineer, senior engineer, and lead engineer, eventually becoming a lead engineer for Shuttle- Mir and NASA-Mir Programs.

In August 1997, he was enrolled in the RSC Energia cosmonaut detachment as a cosmonaut-candidate.

From January 1998 to November 1999, he completed his basic training course. In November 1999, he was qualified as a test cosmonaut. In January 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, he started training in the test-cosmonaut group for the ISS program.

In October 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom, Fyodor Yurchikhin flew aboard STS-112Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-112 Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad: 39-B Launch:October 7, 2002 3:46 p. EDT Landing:11:44 a. EDT, October 18, 2002. KSC Runway 33 Duration:10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, 44 seconds. Orbit Altitude:122 nautical. In completing his first space flight he has logged a total of 10 days, 19 hours, and 58 minutes in space.

2.1 Space flight experience

STS-112 AtlantisThe Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (Designation: Orbital Vehicle 104, or OV-104) is one of five NASA space shuttles. It was the fourth shuttle built and as of 2004 is one of the three shuttles remaining in the fleet. The Atlantis was named in honor of the first ( October 7October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). There are 85 days remaining. Events 3761 BCE The epoch of the modern Hebrew calendar. 1513 Battle of La Motta Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians. 1571 Battle of Lepanto–18, 2002) launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-112 was an International Space Station assembly mission during which the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition-5 by delivering and installing the S-One Truss (the third piece of the station's 11-piece Integrated Truss Structure). Three spacewalks were required to outfit and activate the new component. The crew also transferred cargo between the two vehicles and used the shuttle's thruster jets during two maneuvers to raise the station's orbit. STS-112 was the first shuttle mission to use a camera on the External Tank, providing a live view of the launch to flight controllers and NASA TV viewers. The STS-112 mission was accomplished in 170 orbits, traveling 4.5 million miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 58 minutes.

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