Sergey Kud-Sverchkov

Sergey Vladimirvich Kud-Sverchkov was born on August 23, 1983 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Sergey Kud-Sverchkov is married and father of one daughter.[1] Since April 2010, he is a Russian Cosmonaut of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos. He is currently in preparation for his first spaceflight, set to begin on the 14 October, 2020.

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
Born (1983-08-23) August 23, 1983
Baikonur, Kazakh SSR
StatusActive
NationalityRussia
Space career
RSA Cosmonaut
Time in space
None
Selection2010 RSA Group
MissionsSoyuz MS-17 (Expedition 63/64)
Mission insignia

Career

In 2006, he graduated with honours from Moscow State Technical University with a degree specialising in rocket engineering.[2].

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov worked as an engineer at RSC Energia from August 2006 until being selected to become a cosmonaut in April 2010 with another engineer of RSC Energia, Andrei Babkin.[3]

Cosmonaut career

Following his selection, Kud-Sverchkov began approximately two years of training which he graduated from in August 2012, becoming available for assignment to a long-duration flight to the International Space Station (ISS).

In 2014, he participated in the CAVES mission of the European Space Agency alongside Scott Tingle, Alexander Mirsurkin, Luca Parmitano and Matthias Maurer. [4]

He also participated in another ESA program : Pangaea in November 2018, this was the third mission of this program. He and veteran ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, went to the Ries crater in Germany, the Italian Dolomites and to the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain. ESA's Pangaea program prepares astronauts and space engineers to identify planetary geological features for future mission to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.[5]

Expedition 63/64

As of May 2020, he is assigned to ISS Expedition 63/64 as a flight engineer. He is scheduled to launch aboard Soyuz MS-17 on the October 14, 2020 alongside Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov who will command the Soyuz MS spacecraft and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins.[6].

In August 2020, the newspaper "Russian Space" tell that Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and ISS Expedition 64 commander Sergey Ryzhikov will perform two spacewalks during their mission. One for maintenance activities on the Russian Orbital Segment and the second one to disconnect cables in preparation of Pirs undocking to let space for the future Russian build module, Nauka.[7].

He is currently at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center for final training and preparation for his first space flight.


References
  1. "Sergey Kud-Sverchkov astronaut.ru". astronaut.ru.
  2. "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". gctc.ru. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. Joachim Becker. "Cosmonaut Selection: RKKE-17 Selection". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. "ESA's five 'cavenauts' set to explore the caves of Sardinia, Italy". September 15, 2014. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  5. {{Cite news|url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Sets/Pangaea_2018/(result_type)/videos%7Ctitle=Pangaea in November 2018|last=|first=|date=November 12, 2018
  6. @anik1982space (9 May 2020). "Вот и новые составы российских экипажей «Союза МС-17» стали известны из пресс-релиза аэропорта Жуковский.
    Основной: Сергей Рыжиков, Сергей Кудь-Сверчков.
    Дублирующий: Олег Новицкий, Пётр Дубров.
    К сожалению, Николая Тихонова и Андрея Бабкина нет..."     (Tweet) (in Russian) – via Twitter.
  7. @anik1982space (4 August 2020). "В новом журнале "Русский космос" сообщается, что ВКД-47 и ВКД-48 намечаются для Рыжикова и Кудь-Сверчкова (их полет планируется с 14 октября 2020 года до 17 апреля 2021 года)" (Tweet) (in Russian) – via Twitter.
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