Salizhan Sharipov
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Salizhan Sharipov (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut.
Sharipov is co-author and investigator on the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound Microgravity project.
He has been to space twice (launched from the United States as an explorer in 1998 and 2004 as a cosmonaut, and from Russia as a cosmonaut), and he has led two spacewalks.
Sharipov retired on July 18, 2008.
Education
Sharipov graduated from the Soviet Air Force Pilot School in 1987. He received a degree in cartography from Moscow State University in 1994.
Cosmonaut career
Sharipov was voted by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in 1990 and became a cosmonaut-candidate. On September 11, 1992, he completed general space training and became a test cosmonaut. As a member of the organization, he undertook a full course of preparation for Mir spaceflights as a crew commander. He went from August 1997 to January 1998 as a member of the STS-89 crew at the Johnson Space Center.
Sharipov served as a mission specialist on STS-89 (22–31 January 1998), the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission in which the crew moved more than 8,000 pounds of scientific equipment, logistical equipment, and water from Space Shuttle Endeavour to Mir, transferring more than 8,000 pounds of scientific equipment, logistical equipment, and water from Space Shuttle Endeavour to Mir. STS-89's fifth and final exchange with a US astronaut, Andy Thomas, was delivered by Mir and returned with David Wolf. In 138 orbits of the Earth, the mission lasted 8 days, 19 hours, and 47 seconds, covering 3.6 million miles.
Sharipov was also a Flight Engineer on Expedition 10 to the International Space Station (ISS). On October 14, 2004, the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft carrying Sharipov, cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, and NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao lifted off from the Baikonour cosmodrome at 03:06 UTC. The Soyuz spacecraft docked with the ISS on October 16th at 4:16 UT, after two days of autonomous flight. Sharipov served as a flight engineer on the Expedition 10 crew. Expedition 10's primary mission was to keep the ISS in good shape. Sharipov carried out many science and human life sciences experiments for the Russian Space Program during his stay in Russia. One experiment, SRS, which was a low-temperature synthesis in space, was hoped to produce new materials. He conducted biotechnological experiments in the hopes of creating a vaccine for HIV/AIDS treatment. He also participated in Earth science experiments from space.
Sharipov returned to Earth on April 24, 2005, with Leroy Chiao and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft after spending 192 days on space. At 22:08 UTC 90 kilometers north of Arkalyk, the Soyuz capsule landed at 22:08 UTC 90 kilometers north of the town of Arkalyk.
Sharipov has been on spacewalking for ten hours and 34 minutes.
Sharipov's first spacewalk took place on January 26, 2005. At 7:43 GMT from the Pirs airlock, Leroy Chiao and NASA explorer Leroy Chiao walked outside the ISS. The spacewalk took place in red stripes in Russian Orlan spacesuits. The two spacewalkers rushed to complete their spacewalk goals, which included the construction of a new work platform and a test robot outside of the Zvezda module. Sharipov and Chiao also moved a Japanese space environment exposure experiment called MPAC SEEDS, where they plugged in an antenna for the robot test bed. They also looked at the ISS vents used by the station's Elektron oxygen generator and other life support devices. The space station's stabilizing gyroscopes became overloaded with a mysterious force during the spacewalk, and they had to be relieved occasionally by firing rocket thrusters located on the Russian half of the ISS. On at least one occasion these thrusters appeared to have been turned on while the Sharipov and Chiao were dangerously close to them. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 28 minutes.
Sharipov's second career spacewalk took place on March 28, 2005. At 1:25 a.m. EST, the spacewalk in Russian Orlan suits used the Pirs Docking Compartment's airlock. Sharipov and astronaut Leroy Chiao climbed to the Zvezda module's small-diameter forward end after opening the hatch and assembly equipment. On the Zvezda Service Module of a six-antenna set for the resupply spacecraft ATV, the two spacewalkers mounted the final three antennas. About two hours to wire the antennas and their associated cabling. The ATV's Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna was also installed in Sharipov and Chiao. Sharipov and Chiao carried out a small Russian experiment named Nanosatellite during this spacewalk. Sharipov took it off the ladder at Pirs, giving it a boost in the direction opposite from where the ISS was going. The tiny satellite was about a foot long, weighed 11 pounds, and had a transmitter. The two spacewalkers ignited the satellite before escaping the Pirs airlock and stowed it outside the docking compartment. The aim of the experiment was to develop small satellite control systems, monitor satellite operations, and develop new attitude sensor technology. The spacewalk lasted 4 hours and 30 minutes.