Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 26 during the same stay in space. Kondratyev traveled to space for the first time aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft in December 2010.
Dmitri Kondratyev
Kondratyev working with camera equipment at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Kondratyev photographing the Progress M-09M departure while inside the Zvezda Service Module.
Kondratyev during Russian EVA #28.
Expedition 27 was the 27th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), starting on 16 March 2011. Expedition 27 saw numerous notable events, including the undocking of the Progress M-09M and Kounotori 2 spacecraft, the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-21 and Progress M-10M spacecraft, and the final rendezvous with the ISS of NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, on its last mission, STS-134. The expedition ended on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, although command of the station was ceremonially handed over to the crew of Expedition 28 on 22 May.
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(l-r) Garan, Nespoli, Samokutyayev, Coleman, Borisenko and KondratyevISS expeditions← Expedition 26Expedition 28 →
Borisenko, Garan, and Samokutyaev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch.
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft on its launchpad.
