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Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian
language|Russian:
Николай
Михайло&
#1074;ич
Бударин)
(born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a
Russia|Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three
extended space missions aboard the Mir Space
Station and the International Space Station.
Named a cosmonaut candidate in 1989, Budarin's
first space mission was a long-term assignment
aboard the space station Mir in 1995. Since then,
he again made extended stays on Mir in 1998 and
the International Space Station Expedition 6 in
2002 and 2003.

==Personal Data==
Nikolai Budarin is married to Marina Lvovna
Budarina (nee Sidorenko). There are two sons in
the family, Dmitry and Vladislav. His hobbies
include fishing, skiing, picking mushrooms. His
father, Mikhail Romanovich Budarin, died in 1984.
His mother, Alexandra Mikhailovna Budarina, died
in 1986.

==Education==
Graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Aviation
Institute in 1979 with a mechanical engineering
diploma.

==Special Honors==
Awarded the titles of Hero of Russia, and a
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.

==Experience==
Since 1976 Budarin has occupied the positions of
engineer and leading engineer at the RSC Energia.
In February 1989 he was enrolled in the Energia
cosmonaut detachment as a candidate test
cosmonaut.

From September 1989 to January 1991, he underwent
a complete basic space training course at the
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and passed a
State examination. Budarin is qualified as a Test
Cosmonaut.

From February 1991 to December 1993, he took an
advanced training course for the Soyuz-TM
transport vehicle and the Mir Station flight.

From June 27 to September 11, 1995, Budarin
participated in a space mission as a board
engineer of the 19th long-term expedition launched
by the Space Shuttle and landed by the Soyuz TM-21
transport vehicle.

From January 28 to August 25, 1998, he
participated in a space mission as a board
engineer of the Mir-25|25th long-term expedition
aboard the Mir Orbital Station.

From November 23, 2002 to May 3, 2003, Budarin
logged over 161 days in space as Expedition 6
Flight Engineer aboard the International Space
Station. The Expedition 6 crew launched on STS-113
Space Shuttle Endeavour and returned to Earth on
Soyuz TMA-1.

==External link==

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http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/budarin.html
NASA Biography (source)