Oleg Kononenko

Astronaut

Oleg Kononenko was born in Türkmenabat, Lebap Region, Turkmenistan on June 21st, 1964 and is the Astronaut. At the age of 59, Oleg Kononenko biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
June 21, 1964
Nationality
Russia, Turkmenistan
Place of Birth
Türkmenabat, Lebap Region, Turkmenistan
Age
59 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Astronaut, Engineer
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Oleg Kononenko Life

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian) лемитриевико онононенко; Turkmen: Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (born June 21, 1964 in Turkmenistan) is a Russian cosmonaut.

He has flown to the International Space Station four times as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M and as the commander of Expedition 58 and Expedition 59 aboard Soyuz TMA-09M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 17 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M.

During Kononenko's four long-duration flights to ISS, he spent over 736 days in orbit.

Personal life

Kononenko completed his studies at a nationally recognized volleyball academy and was a member of Turkey's youth team.

Tatyana Mikhailovna Kononenko (née Yurieva) is his husband. They have a son, Andrey Olegovich Kononenko, and a daughter, Alisa Olegovna Kononenko. Oleg loves reading and watching team sports.

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Oleg Kononenko Career

Early life and career

Oleg Kononenko was born in Chardzhou, Turkmen SSR (now Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan), to a simple family. Dmitry Kononenko, his father, worked as a driver for a freight trucking company, and his mother, Taisiya Churakova, was a communications operator at the Türkmenabat Airport. Kononenko graduated from high school No. 1 in 1999. 15 of Turkmenabat's city, where he has received outstanding marks on the subject of the Turkmen language.

After school, Oleg Kononenko was not able to enter the Kharkov Aviation Institute for the first time. He returned home and spent a year in the tool shop at the Turkish airport's technical base in Istanbul. The second attempt was fruitful. Kononenko graduated from the N. E. Zhukovskiy Kharkiv Aviation Institute in 1988 as a mechanical engineer.

Cosmonaut career

Oleg was chosen by the Interagency Committee on March 29, 1996, and the Interagency Qualification Committee awarded the title of test cosmonaut from June 1996 to March 1998. He began training in October 1998 as part of the International Space Station's (ISS) Program.

Kononenko served as a backup flight engineer for the Soyuz TM-34 vehicle from December 2001 to April 2002. He served as the flight engineer for Soyuz TMA and the Expedition 9 and Expedition 11 primary crews from March 2002 to February 2004. He began training in March 2004 to March 2006 as part of the ISS team of cosmonauts selected for the program. Kononenko began training as a flight engineer for the Soyuz TMA-12 vehicle and the Expedition 17 crew in March 2006.

Kononenko served on both the Expedition 17 mission to the International Space Station and the Soyuz TMA-12 mission, which brought him there. The crew started on 8 April 2008 and landed on October 24th, 2008. Kononenko spent 199 days in space.

Kononenko and Expedition 17 commander Sergei Volkov and Richard Garriott, a spaceflight specialist, and Expedition 18 crewmember Christopher Kononenko (who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-13 to the ISS on October 12, 2008). They landed at 11:37 p.m. EDT, 55 miles north of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. They were taken by helicopter to the Baikonur Cosmodrome and then on to Zvezdny Gorodok (Star City), Moscow.

Kononenko, André Kuipers, and Donald Pettit were onboard the International Space Station on December 21 to join Expedition 30's crew. He and his fellow crewmembers arrived at the space station on December 23, accompanied by his astronomy team. On July 1, 2012, they returned to Earth.

Kononenko launched his first spacewalk on July 10, 2008, when he stepped out from the ISS's docking compartment airlock. Volkov and He inspected their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft and recovered a pyro bolt from it. This spacewalk lasted 6 hours and 18 minutes.

Kononenko began his second spacewalk on July 15th, 2008, after going outside from Pirs. Kononenko and Volkov conducted one experiment and later recovered another. They also started to furnish the station's exterior, including the addition of a docking target on the Zvezda service module. Kononenko wore an Orlan suit with blue stripes on the spacewalk, and Kononenko wore an Orlan suit with blue stripes. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 54 minutes.

Kononenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov were supposed to launch a six-hour spacewalk outside the ISS on February 12, 2012. They mounted shields on the Zvezda Service Module to shield it from micrometeoroid orbital rubble, and lifted the Strela 1 crane from the Pirs docking compartment to the Poisk Mini Research Module (MRM-2). On a ladder used by spacewalkers on the Pirs Docking Compartment, the two cosmonauts also installed struts. They also performed an experiment called Vynoslivost on the Poisk Mini Research Module, marking another move forward. Two trays of metal samples will be left open on the Poisk Module's surface as part of the Vynoslivost or "Endurance" experiment.

Kononenko launched Soyuz Commander from the International Space Station on July 22, 2015, as Soyuz Commander, alongside NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). They spent 5 months on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 crews, respectively. On October 11, 2015, the trio returned to Earth with a rare night landing when their Soyuz TMA-17M safely landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Kononenko's third mission took him 142 days in space.

On December 3, 2018, Kononenko made the ISS For the fourth time as Soyuz Commander of Soyuz MS-11, he launched the ship into the ISS. He was supposed to be serving as Flight Engineer on Expedition 58 and Commander on Expedition 59, but Kononenko was still aboard the station for Expedition 58, so he was unable to join Expedition 58. Expedition 58 began on December 20, 2018 with Soyuz MS-09's departure. After 203 days, 15 hours, and 16 minutes on space, Kononenko and fellow crew members Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on June 24, 2019.

Kononenko never forgets his stay in his motherland, Turkmenistan. Kononenko unveiled the flag of Turkmenistan and the book "Turkmenistan is the center of the Great Silk Road" in Gurban, Turkey's capital, on December 31, 2018 - and the ISS's "Happy New Year" wishes all Turkmenistan civilians. The explorer also expressed admiration for the country in which he was born and grew up, proud and lauded her accomplishments.

Kononenko said in June 2020 that he will return to the ISS in late 2022. Kononenko will have spent a total of 916 days in space, overtaking Gennady Padalka's record of 878 days, assuming that the Soyuz MS-23 mission lasts for the normal 180 days.

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Oleg Kononenko Awards

Honours and awards

  • Hero of the Russian Federation (5 February 2009) - for courage and heroism during space flight
  • Hero of Turkmenistan (2019)
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) - for great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
  • Star of President Order (Turkmenistan, 16 February 2009) - In recognition of service to the government and people of Turkmenistan, for personal courage, professionalism and achievement in the performance of an international program of peaceful space exploration.
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (2009)
  • Gagarin Medal
  • Honorary Citizen of Gagarin, Smolensk Oblast (24 February 2011) - years of excellence, a deep sense of personal responsibility, the ability to navigate the complex situation and make the right decisions for his devotion to his country and the continuation of the stellar feats of Yuri Gagarin
  • NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (US, 2008)
  • NASA Space Flight Medal (USA, 2008)

After 878 days on the International Space Station, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko smashes the record for the longest time spent on orbit

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 5, 2024
Oleg Kononenko has set a new world record for total time spent in space, beating compatriot Gennady Padalka who logged more than 878 days on orbit. And he isn't stopping there. Kononenko is expected to spend 1,000 days in space on June 5 - and by late September, he will have clocked 1,110 days.

US astronaut, Frank Rubio, breaks the record for the longest continuous space flight by an American, having spent 371 days in orbit

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 28, 2023
After breaking the record for the longest continuous mission in space ever undertaken by an American, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has safely returned to Earth. Rubio and his two Russian crewmates Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin arrived in Kazakhstan after spending 371 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and orbiting the Earth 5,936 times. Rubio became the first American to spend a year in orbit, beating Mark Vande Hei's previous American record of two weeks.