HERO OF RUSSIA
COSMONAUT #111

DIGITS

MISSIONS

BIOGRAPHY

HERO OF RUSSIA
COSMONAUT #111

Русский

Hero of the Russian Federation

Cosmonaut #111

Test pilot

Candidate of Technical Sciences

Colonel of the Russian Aerospace Forces

Russian cosmonaut, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Colonel of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Biography

Anton Shkaplerov

MISSIONS

Soyuz TMA-22

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Commander
Anatoli Ivanishin (Russia), Flight Engineer 1
Daniel C. Burbank (USA), Flight Engineer 2

Soyuz TMA-15M

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Commander
Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), Flight Engineer 1
Terry W. Virts (USA), Flight Engineer 2

Soyuz MS-07

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Commander
Scott D. Tingle (USA), Flight Engineer 1
Norishige Kanai (Japan), Flight Engineer 2

Soyuz MS-19

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Commander, Flight Engineer
Klim Shipenko (Russia), Spaceflight Participant 1
Yulia Peresild (Russia), Spaceflight Participant 2

DIGITS

space flights

space walks

spacewalk duration

Days in the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps

On March 14, 2023, Anton Shkaplerov completed his activities in the cosmonaut corps of the Roscosmos State Corporation. He continues to work at Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center as Deputy Head of Department.

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On May 29, 2003, by the decision of the Interdepartmental Commission for the selection of cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov was enrolled in the cosmonaut corps for general space training.

709

minutes

hours

days

duration

minutes

hours

FACTS

Сhildhood idols

Favorite city

SEVASTOPOL

Yuri
Gagarin

Vladimir
Shatalov

Georgy
Beregovoy

Anatoly
Berezovoy

Valery
Chkalov

Mikhail
Gromov

Favorite sports

Freestyle wrestling, tennis

Favorite movie

"Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle" by Leonid Bykov

Favorite book

"Hedgehog In The Fog" written by Sergei Kozlov

Favorite song

"How Young We Were" by Alexander Gradsky

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. The date of Gagarin’s space flight, 12 April (1961) was declared the International Day of Human Space Flight.

Vladimir Shatalov

Soviet cosmonaut #13, candidate of technical sciences. With the participation of Shatalov, for the first time in the world, an experimental space station was created and a transition through open space for cosmonauts was carried out.
Expeditions: Soyuz-4, Soyuz-8, Soyuz-10.

Georgy Beregovoy

Soviet cosmonaut #12, candidate of psychological sciences. On October 26−30, 1968 he made a space flight lasting 3 days 22 hours 50 minutes. In flight, an attempt was made to dock with the Soyuz-2 unmanned spacecraft in the shadow of the Earth.
Expeditions: Soyuz-3.

Anatoly Berezovoy

Soviet cosmonaut #51. During the 211-day flight, he conducted a number of experiments and studies. Made a spacewalk lasting 2 hours 33 minutes.
Expeditions: Soyuz-T5, Salyut-7, Soyuz-T7.

Valery Chkalov

Soviet test pilot. The crew commander of the aircraft that made the first non-stop flight over the North Pole from Moscow to America in 1937.

Mikhail Gromov

Soviet pilot and military commander, Colonel-General of Aviation. In 1937, as an aircraft crew commander, he made an ultra-long non-stop flight Moscow — the North Pole — San Jacinto (USA), setting three world aviation flight distance records.

Soyuz spacecraft

Russian multi-seat transport manned spacecraft. Soyuz spacecraft have made more than 130 successful manned flights and have become a key component of the Soviet and Russian manned space exploration programs. The manufacture of each Soyuz manned spacecraft takes 2.5−3 years.

HERO OF RUSSIA
COSMONAUT #111