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Mikhail Tyurin is a Russian cosmonaut.

==Personal data==

Michael Tyurin lives in Korolev, Moscow
Oblast|Korolev, a small city outside of Moscow. He
was born March 2, 1960, in Kolomna, USSR (now in
Russia) (about 60 miles from Moscow) where his
parents still reside. He is married to Tatiana
Anatoleyvna Tyurin. They have a daughter,
Alexandra, born in 1982. He enjoys sailing in his
free time.

==Education==
He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in
1984 with a degree in engineering and a
specialization in creating mathematical models
related to mechanical flight. He is currently
doing graduate work in his field of research.

==Expirience==
After graduating from the Aviation Institute he
began working at the Energia corporation as an
engineer. The main subjects of his job have been
dynamics, ballistics, and software development.
His personal scientific research is connected with
the psychological aspects of cosmonauts' training
for the manual control of spacecraft motion. In
1993 he was selected to begin cosmonaut training,
and in 1998 he started training as a flight
engineer for the Expedition-3 crew. He also served
as a backup crew member for the first ISS mission.
Tyurin lived and worked aboard the International
Space Station as part of the Expedition 3 crew. 
The crew spent approximately 4 months aboard the
station. They returned to Earth on the Shuttle
flight delivering the Expedition 4 crew.

Source:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/turin.html

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