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Biography of Yuri Lonchakov - Astronaut
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Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov (Russian language|Russian: Юрий Валенти& #1085;ович Лончако& #1074;; born 4 March, 1965) is a Russia|Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of two space missions. Lonchakov was born in Balkhash and entered the Russian Air Force following graduation from high school in 1982. He served as a paratrooper and pilot and was selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 1997. Lonchakov's first spaceflight was space shuttle mission STS-100, visiting the International Space Station. Lonchakov again visited the ISS in 2002 aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-1. russia-bio-stub astronaut-stub ==External link== * http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lonchakov.ht ml NASA Biography
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