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Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russian language|Russian:
Гидзенк&
#1086;, Юрий
Павлови&
#1095;; born March 26, 1962 in the village of
Elanets, Mykolaiv Oblast) is a former Colonel of
the Russian Air Force, and test
astronaut|cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut
Training Center.  He is married to Olga
Vladimirovna Gidzenko, born in 1961. They have two
sons, Sergei and Alexei.

==Education==
Gidzenko graduated from the Higher Military Pilot
School in Kharkov (Ukraine) in 1983, and from the
Moscow State University of Geodesy and Mapping in
1994.

==Special honors==
* Hero of the Russian Federation

==Experience==
Upon graduation from pilot school in 1983,
Gidzenko served in the Air Force as a pilot and a
senior pilot.

From December 1987 to June 1989, he attended basic
space training as a test cosmonaut candidate.
Since September 1989 he attended advanced training
as a test cosmonaut candidate.

Gidzenko is an instructor of general parachute
training. He has logged a total of 145 parachute
jumps.

From March to October 1994 he trained for a space
flight as a back-up crew commander (17th Primary
Expedition/Euro-Mir-94 Program).

From November 1994 to August 1995 he attended
training for a space flight aboard the Soyuz TM
transport vehicle/Mir orbital complex as the
Expedition 20 Primary Crew Commander (Euro-Mir-95
Program). Yuri Gidzenko served aboard Mir from
September 3, 1995 to February 29, 1996, and logged
180-days in space. One of the crewmembers on this
mission was an ESA astronaut.

In October 1996, Gidzenko received his assignment
as the ISS-1 crewmember in Expedition 1, and
started training as the ISS pilot and the Soyuz
transport vehicle commander. Yuri Gidzenko served
aboard the Soyuz transport vehicle/ISS/Space
Shuttle from October 31, 2000 to 21 March 2001,
and logged an additional 140 days in space.

Since August 2001 Gidzenko has been training as
the Taxi-3 crew commander. Launch is scheduled for
April 22, 2002.

JANUARY 2002

Source:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/gidzenko.htm
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