Sergei Krikalev

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Sergei Krikalev was born in 1958. He is a Russian consonant and mechanical engineer.
When he was younger he always dreamed about become a consonant but his mom wanted him to become a doctor. He enjoys swimming, skiing, cycling, aerobatic flying, and amateur radio operations, particularly from space. Sergei Kirkalev graduated from high school in 1975 and 6 years later he received mechanical engineering degree. He was a member of the Russian and Soviet national aerobatic flying team and was the champion of Moscow in 1983 and the champion of the soviet union in 1986.

He was awarded the title of Hero of the Society Union, the Order of Lenin, the French title of Officier de la Légion d'honneau and the new title of Hero of the Russian Federation, and he was awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal. He has currently spent more time in space than any other human. August 16, 2005 he broke the record of 748 days held by Sergei Avadeyev and has now spent a total of 803 days and 9 hours and 39 minutes in space. On February 15, 2007 he was appointed vice President of the S.P Korolev Rocket and space corporation Energia.